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Indian scientists landed a spaceship on the moon on 23rd August, 2023.

It's the first country to go to the moon's south pole.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the achievement is historic.

The spaceship's called Chandrayaan-3, which means "mooncraft".

It landed at 12.34 GMT, which makes India the fourth country to reach the moon.

Four years ago, India tried to land on the moon but failed.

P Veeramuthuvel's the director of Chandrayaan-3.

Chandrayaan-3's engines aren't as powerful as the US Apollo rockets' from the 1960s and 70s.

So, it had to gain some speed by travelling around the Earth several times before starting its one month journey to the moon.

Vikram's a solar powered robot on board the spaceship.

It'll move around the moon's south pole for two months and send back pictures to Earth.

India spent $72.6 million on the space mission, which is less than what other countries have spent.

The country would like to send astronauts on the next trip.

But for now they're enjoying the success of Chandrayaan-3.

The head of the Indian Space Research Organisation Sreedhara Somanath's happy.

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