Russia had planned to land its Luna-25 spacecraft in the same region on Monday but it crashed after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit.
Russia’s head of the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos attributed the failure to the lack of expertise due to the long break in lunar research that followed the last Soviet mission to the Moon in 1976.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 – “moon craft” in Sanskrit – took off from a launchpad in Sriharikota in southern India on July 14, heading for the far side of the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organisation said in a statement: “India’s pursuit of space exploration reaches a remarkable milestone with the impending Chandrayaan-3 mission, poised to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface.
“It generates a profound sense of pride and unity as we collectively celebrate the prowess of Indian science and technology. It will contribute to fostering an environment of scientific inquiry and innovation.” India’s previous attempt to land a robotic spacecraft near the Moon’s little-explored south pole ended in failure in 2019.
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