With great emotion, the people of India watched the descent of an automatic ship near the south pole of the moon, which became a historic triumph for that country and its space program.
Six weeks ago, the Chandrayaan-3 (moonship, in Sanskrit) took off and landed on the moon at 6:04 PM (Indian time). This comes days after a Russian probe crashed in the same region and four years after the previous Indian attempt failed at the last minute.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi smiled as he waved an Indian flag on live television to announce the success of the mission.
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“On this happy occasion, I want to address the people of the world,” Modi said on the sidelines of the BRICS diplomatic summit in South Africa.
“The success of the Indian lunar mission is not India’s only success,” he added. “This success belongs to all of humanity.”
Although the mission to the moon lasted longer than the American Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, this was because Chandrayaan-3 used less powerful rockets and also orbited the planet several times to gain speed.
The Vikram lander, Sanskrit for bravery, detached from its propulsion module last week and has been sending back images of the lunar surface since it entered orbit on Aug. 5.
Now that Vikram has landed on the moon, a solar-powered rover will explore the surface and send data back to Earth during its two-week runtime.
Only Russia, the United States and China have managed to conduct missions to the surface of the moon. (JO)
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