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On August 23, India became the fourth country to land on the moon, but the first to land on the southern pole.
They will be the first to explore the area where recent discoveries have shown traces of water.
There was somewhat of a race to revisit the moon, but Russia and Japan's spacecraft crashed into the surface. The US has a crewed mission planned for 2025.
The south pole of the moon has more craters than where we've landed before, and the angle of the sun leaves many of them in total darkness.
The mission, named Chandrayaan-3, transported the rover Pragyan.
After setting tire to the surface, the rover moved around and confirmed all systems are a go.
Which means a main objective of the mission is already complete.
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