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US hails Chandrayan-3 landing as historic

Washington, Aug 24
The United States, which had helped in India's Chandrayan-3 mission and closely tracked its progress, joined the world in hailing the historic soft-landing of the Indian spacecraft on the moon’s South Pole surface on Wednesday.
“Congratulations to @ISRO and the people of India for Chandrayaan-3’s historic landing on the South Pole of the moon,†US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote in a post on X (previously Twitter).
“We look forward to deepening our partnership with India on space exploration in the years ahead.â€
The United States provided key help to the mission, as acknowledged by S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), at a press conference. He also acknowledged help from Australia and the United Kingdom.
“Congratulations @isro on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing!†Bill Nelson, the Administrator of NASA, wrote on X.
“And congratulations #India on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. We’re glad to be your partner on this mission!â€
The other three countries are the United States, the erstwhile USSR (Russia tried and failed last week), and China.
Chandrayan 3 is the first spacecraft to land in the South Pole region of the moon.

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