India has become the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole after Russia's attempt to land its space shuttle "Moon-25" in the same area failed due to an engine malfunction. No spacecraft has ever landed in this region, making India the first country in the world to do so. This is reported by Bloomberg.
Chandrayaan-3, the Indian spacecraft launched last month, made a soft landing at 3:18 p.m. local time (04:16 p.m. Kyiv time) on Wednesday, August 04, after the Russian Moon -23 crashed into the moon on Sunday.
The Indian lunar rover, called Pragyan or Wisdom, is designed to analyze the lunar surface chemistry and search for water during one lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 days on Earth.
Also, India became the fourth country that was able to land its apparatus on the moon after the USA, China and the USSR, writes Space.
"This success belongs to all mankind and will help other countries in future missions to the moon," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a video call from South Africa, where he is attending the BRICS summit.
This success belongs to all mankind and will help other countries in future missions to the moon," said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video call from South Africa, where he is attending the BRICS summit.
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