Space & Aerospace
Chandrayaan-3 south-pole Moon landing
2023 CEISROISRO mission recordsPan-Indian / unspecified
2023
A robotic mission that soft-landed a lander and rover near the Moon's south pole.
- Dated
- 2023
- As scholars put it
- 2023 CE
- Originator
- ISRO
- Source text
- ISRO mission records
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Space & Aerospace
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
The US, USSR and China had earlier soft-landed elsewhere on the Moon.
Fair to say
First near the south pole specifically; not the first lunar landing overall.
Path to modern innovation
First soft landing near the lunar south pole; India the 4th nation to soft-land on the Moon.
Builds on
2008
2013Transmission
Designed and built in India.
References
- 1ISRO
- 2Chandrayaan-3 records (2023)
Further reading
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