Chandrayaan-3

• Ø  India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon.

• Ø "India is now on the Moon," announces PM Narendra Modi immediately after the Vikram lander touches down on
•      the lunar surface.

• Ø  Inside the lander is the six-wheeled Pragyaan rover, which, if all goes to plan, will roam the lunar surface
•      gathering images and data.

• Ø Scientists believe craters that are permanently in shadow on the dark side of the Moon may hold frozen water.

• Ø The attempt - India's third lunar mission - comes days after Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft span out of control and crashed into the Moon.

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