Students wave Indian flags and surround a banner showing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Ahmedabad on August 12, 2023. AFP
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 during its flight to the Moon shows the mission emblem and the bucket of the lunar manipulator complex on August 15, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / Reuters
An image of the Moon captured by Russia's Luna-25 landing module on August 17, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / Reuters
A Russian Soyuz rocket carries the Luna-25 lunar landing module to space on August 11, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / AP
India's Launch Vehicle Mark-III rocket carries the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing spacecraft to space on July 14, 2023. Photo: Isro / EPA
An image of the Moon captured by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar spacecraft during a lunar orbit insertion on August 5, 2023. Photo: Isro / Reuters
Students wave Indian flags and surround a banner showing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Ahmedabad on August 12, 2023. AFP
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 during its flight to the Moon shows the mission emblem and the bucket of the lunar manipulator complex on August 15, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / Reuters
An image of the Moon captured by Russia's Luna-25 landing module on August 17, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / Reuters
A Russian Soyuz rocket carries the Luna-25 lunar landing module to space on August 11, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos / AP
India's Launch Vehicle Mark-III rocket carries the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing spacecraft to space on July 14, 2023. Photo: Isro / EPA
An image of the Moon captured by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar spacecraft during a lunar orbit insertion on August 5, 2023. Photo: Isro / Reuters
Students wave Indian flags and surround a banner showing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Ahmedabad on August 12, 2023. AFP