A successful landing would make India the fourth country – after the US, the Soviet Union and China – to achieve the feat
Carla Filotico, a partner and managing director at consultancy SpaceTec Partners, said: “Landing on the south pole would actually allow India to explore if there is water ice on the Moon. And this is very important for cumulative data and science on the geology of the Moon.”
The country’s £100m Chandrayaan-2 mission failed in 2019, when it entered the lunar orbit but lost touch with its lander, which crashed while making its final descent. He said the Indian space agency had perfected the art of reaching the Moon, “but it is the landing that the agency is working on”. In April, a Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the Moon. An Israeli non-profit tried to achieve a similar feat in 2019, but its spacecraft was destroyed on impact.
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