{"id":9997,"date":"2023-09-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=9997"},"modified":"2023-08-25T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:47:45","slug":"indias-chandrayaan-3-landed-on-the-south-pole-of-the-moon-a-space-policy-expert-explains-what-this-means-for-india-and-the-global-race-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/indias-chandrayaan-3-landed-on-the-south-pole-of-the-moon-a-space-policy-expert-explains-what-this-means-for-india-and-the-global-race-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon \u2212 a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n India\u2019s Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the south pole of the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023, sparking celebrations across the country.\n AP Photo\/Aijaz Rahi<\/a><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\nMariel Borowitz<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

India made history<\/a> as the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 lander on Aug. 23, 2023. This also makes it the first country to land on the Moon since China in 2020.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n

India is one of several countries \u2014 including the U.S. with its Artemis program<\/a> \u2014 endeavoring to land on the Moon. The south pole of the Moon is of particular interest<\/a>, as its surface, marked by craters, trenches and pockets of ancient ice, hasn\u2019t been visited until now.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n

The Conversation U.S. asked international affairs expert<\/a> Mariel Borowitz about this Moon landing\u2019s implications for both science and the global community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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