The country's space agency wants to be the first in history to land a craft near the lunar south pole.
Thanks for joining us for up-to-the-minute coverage of India’s attempt to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.is aiming to create history by landing near the little-explored south pole of Earth’s satellite.Scientists are huddled in the command room of the Indian Space Research Organisation in the southern city of Bengaluru, guiding the lander’s movement as it advances towards the lunar surface.
The landing comes just days after Luna-25 - Russia’s first Moon mission in almost half a century - crashed after spinning out of control. We'll be bringing you live updates with inputs from our correspondents in Delhi and the Isro headquarters in Bengaluru.Image caption: One of the latest images sent by the Vikram lander
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