India's Historic Chandrayaan-3 Landing | Why The World Is Watching

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on the Moon on August 23, becoming the first nation to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. The lunar South Pole is home to one of the toughest landscapes and incredibly frigid temperatures. However, it's also the most interesting geological place on the Moon. Scientists believe the South Pole is a place where we could find reservoirs of water, ice, minerals, and volatiles such as ammonia and methane. All these things would help us in the future exploration of the Moon and other planets in the Solar System.

The duration of the mission will be one lunar day (here, day refers to the time there will be sunlight) or about 14 Earth days.

The success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission is important as the country's space agency, ISRO, has successfully demonstrated its ability to carry out lunar landings in a cost-effective way.