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[caption id="attachment_343214" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Photo/ ISRO[/caption] "India is on the Moon!” said chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Sreedhara Somanath. pic.twitter.com/PseUAxAB6G — ISRO (@isro) August 24, 2023 Chandrayaan-3 mission: India is the 4th country to land a spacecraft on the Moon This is a significant achievement for India, redeeming the country after its failed attempt at a lunar landing in 2019. It is also a historic moment, making India the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon's surface. The event puts India on the map as a rising space power. Showcasing the country's deep space program and earning its bragging rights in the global space community. Congratulations, India🇮🇳!#Chandrayaan_3#Ch3 — ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023 India's space program has achieved success on the international stage in the past. Launched in 2009 using a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) science instrument, the mission found evidence of water ice inside craters at the Moon's south pole. India collaborated with NASA on its latest feat of successfully soft-landing a spacecraft on the Moon. Read more in our articles including "India successfully lands its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon" and "Pacquiao wants SpaceX to build a launchpad in Mindanao".