India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole.
Pragyan—"Wisdom" in Sanskrit—rolled out of the lander hours after the latest milestone in India's ambitious but cut-price space program sparked huge celebrations across the country.
The successful touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 mission came just days after a Russian lander crashed in the same region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday that the successful lunar landing—previously achieved only by the United States, Russia and China—was a triumph for"all of humanity". Chandrayaan-3 was launched on a less-powerful rocket and had to orbit the Earth several times to gain speed before embarking on its month-long journey., but one that has grown considerably in size and momentum since it first sent a probe to orbit the Moon in 2008.
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