{"id":2009126,"date":"2023-08-23T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-becomes-first-country-to-land-on-the-moons-south-pole\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:40:12","slug":"india-becomes-first-country-to-land-on-the-moons-south-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-becomes-first-country-to-land-on-the-moons-south-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"India achieves historic milestone as first country to land on moon&#8217;s south pole."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-becomes-first-country-to-land-on-the-moons-south-pole%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>India Makes History with Robotic Moon Landing<\/h2>\n<p>In an incredible feat, India has become the first country\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-restarts-commercial-boeing-737-max-flights\/\" title=\"American Airlines restarts commercial Boeing 737 MAX flights\">successfully land<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-becomes-first-country-to-land-on-the-moons-south-pole\/\" title=\"India achieves historic milestone as first country to land on moon's south pole.\">robotic moon lander<\/a> on\u200c the south pole\u200c of\u200d the moon. This groundbreaking achievement comes just \u2062days after a Russian spacecraft tragically crashed into \u200cthe lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian \u2064Space\u2062 Research Organization (ISRO) confirmed the news at 8:34 a.m. EDT, announcing that their spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3, had &#8220;successfully soft-landed&#8221; on the moon&#8217;s south pole. This momentous occasion has been hailed as a historic day \u200bfor India&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-blasts-broken-faa-system-as-spacex-launches-88-satellites\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Blasts \u2018Broken\u2019 FAA System As SpaceX Launches 88 Satellites\">space sector<\/a> \u200bby Prime\u2062 Minister Narendra Modi, who took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to congratulate the ISRO for their remarkable success.<\/p>\n<p>Chandrayaan-3, an unmanned probe, \u200dwas\u200d launched \u200con \u200dJuly 14 \u2063and recently entered the final phase of its \u200dmission. Last week,\u2062 it successfully separated from\u200b its \u2062propulsion\u200d module, paving the way for its momentous landing. This achievement is particularly significant as it comes four years after the Chandrayaan-2 mission unfortunately crashed into the moon.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, India&#8217;s successful landing on Wednesday coincided \u2063with Russia&#8217;s Luna-25 crashing into the moon&#8217;s south pole. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, revealed that Luna-25 had spun into an uncontrolled orbit, leading to its unfortunate demise. It seems that both Russia and India were engaged\u2063 in a \u2063race to reach the moon&#8217;s south pole with their respective missions.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that only four countries have managed to land spacecraft on the lunar surface: the United States, the former \u2063Union \u200bof Soviet \u200bSocialist\u2064 Republics, \u200cthe People&#8217;s Republic of China, \u2062and now India. The United States, being the first\u2063 and only country to have landed a man \u200bon the moon,\u200c is \u200bset to\u2063 return \u2064in 2024 with the Artemis II mission, followed by another moon landing in 2025 with the Artemis III mission.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u200c witness these incredible advancements in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">space exploration<\/a>, \u2064it&#8217;s \u2064clear that humanity&#8217;s \u200dfascination with the\u2062 moon continues to drive us forward. The future holds even more exciting possibilities \u200cas we push the boundaries of\u200b what we \u2064can achieve beyond\u2064 our planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India made history by successfully landing a robotic moon lander, Chandrayaan-3, on the moon&#8217;s south pole. This achievement comes shortly after a Russian spacecraft&#8217;s unfortunate crash. 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