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A view of the Moon from the Chandrayaan-3 lander during lunar orbit insertion on August 5. Reuters
A view of the Moon from the Chandrayaan-3 lander during lunar orbit insertion on August 5. Reuters
Why are India and Russia in a race to the Moon’s south pole?
Spacecraft from both countries will arrive in the same region within days of each other