Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, made the country the first to carry out a successful landing on the Moon's south pole.

On July 14 at 2:35 p.m. from Sriharikota, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Chandrayaan-3, its third lunar mission

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Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2, which was launched in September 2019 but was unable to touch down on the moon's surface.

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India joins the US, Russia, and China in an elite club following the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon

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The chandrayaan-3 mission's successful landing inspires pride in a nation and promotes economic expansion. It shows India's technological prowess on a global scale.

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Chandrayaan-3 is one of the cheapest space programmes.

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Ancient pockets of ice water that may be beneficial in upcoming crewed missions are believed to exist close to the south pole of the moon

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