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India first to land spacecraft on moon’s south pole
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:11 am
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:11 am
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India made history Wednesday by becoming the first country to reach the lunar south pole.
An uncrewed robotic moon lander, operated by India’s space agency and known as the Chandrayaan-3, touched down on the moon’s south polar region around 8:34 a.m. ET Wednesday.
The Indian Space Research Organization’s successful touchdown comes just days after a Russian spacecraft that was en route to the same area failed during an orbital maneuver and crashed into the lunar surface. The failure was a major setback for Russia’s space agency, known as Roscosmos.
The Chandrayaan-3 landing, however, is a huge boon for the world's most populous nation, which has been vying for greater influence in the cosmos, through both the government’s space agency and private investment. Only three other countries in history have pulled off controlled, or “soft,” lunar landings: the United States, China and the former Soviet Union.
The moon’s south pole has long been of interest to space agencies and scientists because the region’s shadowed craters are thought to hold greater concentrations of water ice than elsewhere on the lunar surface, so it could be of critical importance for establishing long-term human settlements on the moon.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 8:12 am
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:12 am to diddlydawg7
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An uncrewed robotic moon lander
So there wasn't anyone on the spacecraft on the way to the moon. What about on the way back?
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:13 am to diddlydawg7
Looking for galactic bobs and vagena
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:14 am to diddlydawg7
Trying to Curry favor with the moon nazis
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:21 am to Tyga Woods
Glad everything went well for them. It would have been disastrous if they had had to call tech support.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:24 am to diddlydawg7
The moon is going to smell like curry for weeks
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:29 am to LSUcam7
USA was definitely not the first to land people on the moon
That was all staged for sure
That was all staged for sure
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:29 am to diddlydawg7
Awesome! Didnt know india even had a space program
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:33 am to diddlydawg7
Will the dot be visible from earth?
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:36 am to SpotCheckBilly
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It would have been disastrous if they had had to call tech support.
They probably outsource it to Rwanda
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:37 am to diddlydawg7
Looking forward to the update from the Canadian Space Agency
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:39 am to molsusports
They are setting up an intergalactic call center.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 8:53 am to diddlydawg7
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Russia’s space agency, known as Roscosmos
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:02 am to diddlydawg7
I figured this to be some type of South Park or Family Guy parody.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:09 am to diddlydawg7
Scammer call center for gift cards on the moon. Well played India, well played.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:15 am to GhostofLesticleMiles
I hear they are sikhing water.
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