India's Chandrayaan-3 completes historic moon descent

India has become the first country toland near the moon's south pole, just days after a Russian spacecraft crashed trying to reach the area.

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00:00 Well this is a huge moment.

00:03 India has just become the first country to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the

00:09 moon.

00:10 As you can see, people are so excited here at the Delhi Planetarium.

00:13 This is a huge moment for this country which wants to be seen as a space power alongside

00:20 countries like the US and China.

00:22 And people that I've been speaking to here today, they're obviously extremely, extremely

00:28 proud about what this means for their country.

00:32 And we are just screaming like, "Oh, we can do it and we did it!"

00:37 I'm feeling as if my country is on top of the world.

00:40 I'm feeling so proud and all the scientists and all the people who are making this country

00:45 proud.

00:46 Well, this goes a long way, you know, so for her to, you know, come here and see this and

00:54 be a proud Indian is nothing like it, you know.

00:57 I mean, we are all of it.

00:59 The Narendra Modi government, this is a major win.

01:02 It wants to be seen as a technological leader and one that is an assertive global superpower.

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