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How did the world react to India’s ‘historic’ moon landing?

Students hold posters and pray for the successful landing of India's moon craft Chandrayaan-3, at a school in Ahmedabad, India on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 [Ajit Solanki/AP Photo]

India has become the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole after the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-3 touched down on Wednesday.

The mission is seen as an important step for further lunar exploration and India’s standing as a space power, as the country becomes the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon after the United States, China and Russia.

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