India's Chandrayaan-3 Lands on Lunar Surface

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The Spin

Narrative A

Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the moon's south pole is a historic moment for India and a huge boost for its space program. This is just the beginning, as the success gives India confidence to configure more missions to explore Mars and beyond.

BusinessLine

Narrative B

This milestone doesn't just signal a success for India but also magnifies Russia's recent failure. Without a doubt, this mission marks the beginning of a new pecking order in space exploration, with Moscow slowly but surely losing its footing in the race.

CNN

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that NASA will next land astronauts on the Moon by December 2028, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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