India launches historic Moon mission to be the first to land on its south pole

SRIHARIKOTA, India, July 16, 2023—The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) celebrated its third Moon mission on Friday, July 14, to soft land and conduct experiments on the moon’s mostly unexplored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off from a launch pad in Sriharikota, at 14:35 on Friday (02:05 […]