Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon

August 23, 2023

India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander touched down near the Moon's south pole, a region of permanent shadow and suspected water ice that no other country had reached. Its little Pragyan rover trundled out to sniff for frozen volatiles in the regolith. ISRO's mission cost less than a Hollywood blockbuster. India became the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon, and the first to reach the south polar region.