India Moon landing: Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands near south pole - BBC News

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India has made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region.

With this, India joins an elite club of countries to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.

The Vikram lander from Chandrayaan-3 successfully touched down as planned at

Celebrations have broken out across the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "India is now on the Moon".

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