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Updated: September 06, 2023, 12:17 PM
Vikram lander is the first spacecraft to land on the lunar south pole
Key moments
- In pictures: India celebrates landing craft on the Moon
- 'This is the dawn of a new India': Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails mission success
- India becomes first country to land on Moon's south pole
- Chandryaan-3 photographs dark side of Moon ahead of landing attempt
- India's spacecraft entered lunar orbit earlier in August
- India launched mission on July 14
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