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  1. See stunning footage captured by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander

    The agency on Thursday shared footage captured by the lander in the final moments before touchdown, showing a piece of the spacecraft body as it whisked by the dusty gray lunar terrain. Here is ...

  2. India makes history with its first Moon landing

    India makes history with its first Moon landing. ... India is the first country to land on the Moon since 2020, when China's Chang'e 5 visited our satellite to collect lunar surface samples.

  3. India Becomes First Country to Reach the Moon's South Pole

    August 23, 2023 10:59 AM EDT. And then there was one. Since earlier this month, there had been something of a footrace in space, with India and Russia vying to be the first country to land a ...

  4. India lands spacecraft on the moon for the 1st time

    The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down softly near the moon's south pole today (Aug. 23), notching a huge milestone for the nation. India is now the fourth country to stick a lunar landing ...

  5. 'Born early:' Rakesh Sharma, first and only Indian in space, on

    With the triumphant landing of Chandrayaan 3 near the lunar south pole, India marked a momentous stride in its space endeavours. Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space, expressed that a ...

  6. India Lands on Moon With Chandraayan-3, 4th Country Ever to Do So

    The two robots, from a mission named Chandrayaan-3, make India the first country to ever reach this part of the lunar surface in one piece — and only the fourth country ever to land on the moon ...

  7. Chandrayaan-3 live: India's Vikram lander makes historic Moon ...

    The cost of India's space missions is back in focus after the country's Chandrayaan-3 made a successful soft landing on the Moon. The mission costs 6.1bn rupees ($75m; £58m). This is less ...

  8. Chandrayaan-3: India makes historic landing near Moon's south pole

    India has made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region. With this, India joins an elite club of countries to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after ...

  9. India lands a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, a first for the

    India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, which scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water. (ISRO via AP) Students celebrate the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, or "moon craft" while watching a live telecast at Omani University in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

  10. Photos and Video From the India Moon Landing

    Seen from orbit · Aug. 23. The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2019, spotted the Vikram lander on the surface. Below, two images taken 8 hours apart. The lander is a ...

  11. 'India is on the moon': Pride and joy as lunar landing ...

    Here's why. Indians around the world have united with pride and excitement after the South Asian nation on Wednesday became the first country to soft land a spacecraft on the moon's unexplored ...

  12. India's moon lander makes history as first to reach coveted south pole

    India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission is the first ever to touch down at the lunar south pole. Many nations and private ventures have set their sights on the region because of its ice.

  13. India Makes Historic First Moon Landing on the South Pole

    A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing on August 23. India became the first nation to land a robotic mission to the crucial south pole of the Moon.

  14. See 1st photos of the moon's south pole by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar

    The country's first attempt at a lunar touchdown, in September 2019, failed when the Chandrayaan-2 lander crashed into the moon due to a software glitch. India's triumph comes only three days ...

  15. 'Witnessing history': India celebrates being first to ever land on

    The spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 will now spend two weeks looking for frozen water, which could support astronauts on future Moon and Mars explorations. India Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the ...

  16. India's Chandrayaan-3 rocket blasts into space for Moon mission

    The country's first Moon mission - Chandrayaan-1- was in 2008, when it carried out "the first and most detailed search for water on the lunar surface and established the Moon has an atmosphere ...

  17. India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover rolls on lunar surface for 1st time

    Chandrayaan-3 was India's second try at landing near the moon's south pole. The mission's predecessor, Chandrayaan-2 , crashed into the moon in September 2019 due to a software glitch.

  18. Why India's Chandrayaan-3 moon landing is a big deal

    This isn't India's first visit to the moon. The country's lunar program began back in 2008, with a lunar orbiter and impactor in the Chandrayaan-1 mission.

  19. India becomes 4th country to reach the moon as spacecraft lands near

    Science. India becomes 4th country to reach the moon as spacecraft lands near lunar south pole. India has landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists ...

  20. India takes 'walk on the moon' as rover makes historic first steps

    An Indian lunar rover has made the first ever foray on the south side of the moon. The Chandrayan-3 Rover descended a ramp from India's spacecraft a few hours after the nation celebrated the ...

  21. India becomes fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

    India on Wednesday became only the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the moon, and the first to do so in the lunar south pole region. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ...

  22. An Expert Explains Why India's Historic Moon Landing Is So Important

    By Mariel Borowitz, The Conversation. (ISRO Official/YouTube) India made history as the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 lander on August 23, 2023. This also makes it the first country to land on the Moon since China in 2020. India is one of several countries - including the US with its Artemis ...

  23. India becomes first country to successfully land spacecraft on moon's

    India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole. Chandrayaan-3 had aimed to become the first spacecraft to touch down in a region of the lunar surface ...

  24. Chandrayaan-1, India's first Moon mission

    Chandrayaan-1 was India's first mission to another world. The orbiter discovered water on the Moon, catalyzing plans by nations to further explore our cosmic neighbor and even send astronauts. Technologies developed for Chandrayaan-1 kickstarted a promising Indian planetary science program with increasingly ambitious missions. On October 22 ...

  25. See moment India becomes 4th country to land on the moon

    Link Copied! India has become the fourth country to land on the surface of the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made a soft landing close to the South Pole region. 01:24 - Source: CNN.

  26. Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for

    Chandrayaan-3, India's latest Moon mission, has entered the lunar orbit, the country's space agency has said. The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off on 14 July. It will try ...

  27. Rakesh Sharma

    Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian astronaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens.

  28. Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole

    On Aug. 23, India's Chandrayaan-3 became the first mission to successfully land near the moon's south pole. But why is this dark, shadowy area so important to space agencies?

  29. Ahead Of First National Space Day, ISRO Releases New Images Of ...

    Ahead of India's first National Space Day, which is also the landing anniversary of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO released a new set of images captured by the Vikaram lander and Pragyan rover. The "sneak peek" at some of these images include Pragyan's first moments on the lunar surface and other stages of the mission.

  30. Data from India's historic moon mission supports long-standing ...

    The historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the fourth country to land on the moon one year ago Friday, has uncovered new evidence that supports a theory about early lunar history.