On August 15, 2003, the Chandrayaan programme was conceived by the Government of India. It was formally announced by ex-Prime Minister, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole, where rough terrain can make landing difficult. The manned U.S. Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s were closer to the moon's equator.

Chandrayaan-3 will leave its imprint on the lunar soil by deploying a lander and rover near the Moon’s south pole, a region that harbours a challenging and unique terrain.

Chandrayaan 3 Landing Live Updates: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Thursday released a short video with images of Moon clicked by lander Vikram prior to landing on Wednesday evening.

Chandrayaan-3: Padma Shri recipient Pattnaik's sand art included a national flag, ISRO's logo, the rocket in which Chandrayaan-3 was launched.

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which aced its historic landing near the moon's south pole last August, barely kicked up any moon dust during descent thanks to a unique configuration of engines ...

ISRO staff celebrate the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3. Credit: AP India is now the fourth nation to make a controlled, or soft, landing on the moon, after the US, China and the former ...

If Chandrayaan-3 is successful, India will be first to land near the lunar south pole. It will also be only the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet ...