India lands on the moon, cheers erupt as Chandrayaan-3 touches down | Daily reports

Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon Wednesday, etching India into history as the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface. The Indian Space Research Organization launched Chandrayaan-3 over a month ago with the goal landing near the lunar south pole, where it made a soft landing about 8:33 a.m. ET Wednesday morning.

The mission marks the first landing of any country near the south pole and the first lunar landing for India. With the landing, India became the fourth country after the United States, the former Soviet Union, and China - to achieve the feat.