India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has landed on the moon, making the country the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat.
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00:00 who is here to encourage...
00:03 A proud and historic moment for India and its Prime Minister
00:06 as its probe successfully landed
00:10 on the moon. Celebrations in the control room for the first
00:15 ever landing on the moon's South Pole. India becomes
00:18 only the fourth country ever to complete a moon landing
00:21 after the USA, the Soviet Union and China.
00:24 The landing site on the far side of the moon was chosen because it's thought
00:30 that craters there could hold frozen water. Inside the six-wheeled lander is
00:35 the rover module of Chandrayaan-3
00:38 which is designed to carry out tests and bring back samples of rocks and soil.
00:42 The Indian launch on July the 14th
00:46 pitched it into an unexpected moon race with Russia
00:49 but its probe failed to make the surface and crashed
00:53 earlier this week. Coming after an unsuccessful attempt in 2019
00:58 this mission has revived
01:03 and rewarded India's space dreams.
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