Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
Jatan Mehta is a globally published independent space exploration writer and author of Moon Monday, a newsletter dedicated to covering lunar exploration developments from around the globe.
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
After a failure in 2019, India’s second attempt to land on the moon comes as the nation signs on to a U.S.-led plan to shape future global lunar activities
The robotic rover’s touchdown is meant to be the most accurate ever attempted on the Red Planet, opening the way for future pinpoint landfalls throughout the solar system
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