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The first images from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission taken after the probe's historic moon touchdown reveal a pockmarked surface near the lunar south pole.

I congratulate ISRO and everybody involved in this mission and wish them greater accomplishments ahead,” she said in the video message. “

An Indian spacecraft landed on the Moon to join an elite spacefaring club comprising China, Russia and the United States – the only nations to have ever achieved the feat. India, however, becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region.

India landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft near the moon's south pole today (Aug. 23), making history for the nation and for lunar exploration in general.

It was “17 minutes of terror” in the making of history as India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft descended on the moon’s south pole today. And so, India became the first country ever to land on the south pole, and only the fourth to secure a successful moon landing.    

Governor Abdul Nazeer and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulate the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation on their achievement

India becomes the fourth country to achieve a moon landing, and the first to land spacecraft near moon’s south pole.

Midhani & ATL, two Hyderabad-based companies, played pivotal roles in ISRO's successful Chandrayan-3 Mission. Midhani supplied ultra-high-strength steel stripes & titanium rings for the lander payloads, while ATL provided power management, telemetry & tele-command systems. ATL also signed a pact with UoH to collaborate on research of tuneable microwave devices…

After scripting history by becoming the first country to successfully soft-land on the moon's south pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation sent out a message of congratulations to the nation. Read further on Dynamite News: