India has become the first nation to land a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole on Wednesday, an historic feet for the worlds most populous nation and its ambitious space programme. The Chandrayaan-3 which means "Mooncraft" touched down at 6:04pm India-time (1234 GMT) as mission control technicians cheered widly and embraced their colleagues in a joyous celebration.
This was India's second attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon and it comes a week after Russia's Luna-25 mission failed. Indians across the country were glued to their television screens to watch the spacecrafts landing.
India's Prime-Minister Narendra Mordi described the moment as victory cry for a new India. According to him India's successful mission to the moon is not for India alone, its success belomgs to all of humnity".
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