Chandrayaan-3 lands on the dark side of the Moon! How NASA, other space agencies reacted
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In a groundbreaking achievement, India has secured its place in history as the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft near the Moon's South Pole. This remarkable feat not only marks a significant milestone for the world's most populous nation, but also highlights the prowess of its ambitious, cost-effective space program.The unmanned Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander named Vikram gracefully touched down at precisely 6:04 pm, sending mission control technicians into ecstatic cheers and embraces. This triumph, however, was not without its challenges. It came on the heels of a Russian probe's unfortunate crash in the same lunar region and followed a four-year interval since India's previous lunar landing attempt ended in disappointment at the eleventh hour. Global Space Agencies Ex...