Scientists are happy that India has landed on the Moon
ISRO Chairman K Sivan said that the Chandrayaan-3 landing gave him “confidence in setting up missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, and even asteroids.” He added, “For example, if the spacecraft lands in a crater, on a slope, or the leg of the lander catches on a boulder, the mission could be compromised.”
India is trying to claim first successful southern pole landing in the latest moon race
ISRO on Tuesday launched the Chandrayaan-3 lunar probe to the impact crater at the Moon’s south polar region. Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover will try to land on the Moon’s south polar region and examine the properties of regolith and pockets of water ice. A year-long mission to the impact crater was intended by the Russia’s space agency.