Race to the Moon · India
Chandrayaan-3 (Vikram + Pragyan) launched on 14 Jul 2023, 09:05 UTC. Chandrayaan-3 (Vikram + Pragyan) is a lander + rover mission in the Chandrayaan programme by ISRO, counted under India.
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Yes. Recorded result: soft landing, upright. Landed at about 69.37°S in the south polar region (23 Aug 2023). The mission as a whole is recorded as a success.
Firsts: First landing in the south polar region (as ISRO defines it); India became the fourth nation to soft-land
The Pragyan rover drove about 101 m.
Sources differ: "South polar region" has no agreed boundary; see the records ledger.
Chandrayaan-3 (Vikram + Pragyan) launched on 14 Jul 2023, 09:05 UTC.
Chandrayaan-3 (Vikram + Pragyan) is a lander + rover mission in the Chandrayaan programme by ISRO, counted under India.
Yes. Recorded result: soft landing, upright. Landed at about 69.37°S in the south polar region (23 Aug 2023). The mission as a whole is recorded as a success.
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