India's Chandrayaan 3 achieved a significant milestone with a successful landing near the Moon's south pole, a potential repository for frozen water.
This accomplishment places India alongside pioneering nations like the U.S., Russia, and China.
Earlier missions primarily targeted equatorial regions, but recent endeavors focus on the south pole due to its prospective water reservoirs.
NASA's recent studies affirm the presence of water, H2O, more extensively across the lunar surface than earlier believed.
The 1976 Soviet Luna 24 probe, which landed at Mare Crisium, indicated water concentration in its samples.
The South Pole's appeal, highlighted. . .
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