User:Rooghu/sandbox
 = India's Chandrayaan 3 is the first moon-craft to land on the South Pole of the Moon. |
First country on lunar south pole is India's Chandrayaan 3 [1], Chandrayaan 3 is the first moon-craft to land on the Southern Pole of the Moon on 23 August 2023. [2]
History[edit]
India's Chandrayaan 3 launched on 14 July 2023, and entered the lunar orbit on 5 August, and exactly on 23 August 2023 At 6:04 p.m. local time, the Chandrayaan-3 mission softly deposited the Vikram lander on the Moon’s surface, making India the fourth nation to succeed at the task after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. India also becomes the first nation to land near the lunar south pole, an uncharted territory thought to contain frozen water that could support future human exploration [3]
Reference[edit]
Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (27 August 2023). "Science This Week | India becomes the first country to land on Moon's south pole and more". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Kumar, Hari; Travelli, Alex; Mashal, Mujib; Chang, Kenneth (23 August 2023). "India Moon Landing: In Latest Moon Race, India Lands First in Southern Polar Region". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ KUMAR, SANJAY (24 August 2023). "India makes history by landing spacecraft near Moon's south pole | Science | AAAS". web.archive.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.