Indian Space Research Organization
India’s boldly gone where no other country has — landing a spacecraft, the Chandrayaan-3, on the moon’s south pole, and becoming only the 4th nation to achieve lunar success.
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s mission control erupted in cheers as the unmanned Chyandrayaan-3 softly touched down on the moon’s south pole Wednesday morning … marking a successful end to a more than month-long mission.
India’s now earned its Moon Card, along with the U.S., Russia and China — although, only America’s landed manned missions there.
🇮🇳 India’s moon mission vs. cost of a Hollywood film about space.
Let that sink in. 😲🚀 #Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/uIOHz7QQVV
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One thing the ISRO has on just about every other lunar mission is cost, ’cause they really did it on the cheap. India’s budget for the entire mission is a paltry $75 million … an amount that pales in comparison to the budgets of several Hollywood movies about space exploration!!!
The Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon’s south pole is a big deal because traces of ice were recently discovered there … so the ISRO is hoping to explore the area for water that could be used to fuel future spacecraft.
One person who probably isn’t cheering India’s lunar success is Vladimir Putin — Russia attempted to land its own spacecraft on the moon just a few days ago, but it spun out of control and crashed into the surface.
