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The landing makes India the fourth country to make a soft landing on the Moon and the first to reach the desirable real estate around the Moon's south pole.

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.

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.    

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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:

As the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India, the first country to have achieved the historic feat, ISRO chief S Somanath on Wednesday congratulated the people of the country on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said, "Indian is on the moon". Read…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module’s successful landing sounds the bugle for a developed India

It was a giant leap for India on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago.…

Precisely at 6.03 pm, Chandrayaan-3’s lander touched the lunar surface and there was euphoric celebrations

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Watch again as India's Chandrayaan-3 attempted to land on the moon on Wednesday, 23 August.