The moon is alive and kicking and it's shaking but don't worry it is a natural phenomenon - a natural one like earthquakes - there are tremors on the moon surface as well and it's called moonquakes.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander has recorded a “natural event”, indicating seismic activity on the Moon’s surface near the South Pole.

Quake on Moon? Chandrayaan-3's Vikram Lander detects 'natural' seismic movement

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In a major milestone, Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur & other elements on the moon's south pole. Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: Chandrayaan-3's big milestone: Sulphur on moon's south pole confirmed

Six days after the successful soft landing of India's Chandrayaan-3 on August 23 for the first time ever in the history of wild space science. Chandrayaan-3 profiled the soil of the South Pole of the moon and ISRO issued a statement saying that the Vikram Lander has confirmed the presence of Sulphur on the lunar surface near the South Pole.

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The race to the moon has just begun. After India's successful launch of Chandrayaan-3. Japan is also embarking on a moon mission. This mission is named the “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon” or SLIM.

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The moon is Earth's natural satellite is it the closest celestial body to Earth and the only one where astronauts have landed so far.

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India scripted history. Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon's south pole. India became the first nation to do so while also becoming the fourth nation to land on the lunar surface after USSR, US & China.

Chrandrayaan-3: What will the Pragyan rover look for on the Moon's south pole?

India scripted history by becoming the first country to reach the south pole of the moon. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO chairman S Somanath and his entire team from Johannesburg, South Africa where he was attending the BRICS summit. The spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole days after Russia's luna-25 failed. Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running experiments including, a spectrometer analysis of the lunar surface's mineral composition. The moon rover- Pragyan exited the spacecraft on the 24th of August to begin its exploration. ISRO's record for frugal innovation will be tested by upcoming missions, including a project to study the sunset to launch next month and a plan to put astronauts in orbit.

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India has created history as Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon at around 06:03 PM on Wednesday. Indian Prime Minister Modi joined the live landing of Chandrayaan-3 from South Africa where he is attending the BRICS summit. Meanwhile, ISRO Chairman S Somanath gave an address after the landing and said, 'India is on the moon'.

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The Vikram lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieved a safe soft-landing on the south pole of the Moon on Wednesday (Aug 23) evening at its scheduled time of 6:04 PM (Indian Standard Time). The Chandrayaan-3 space mission's historic success has made India the first country in the world to land a spacecraft on Moon's south pole, and fourth country to land on Moon overall. Take a look.

Chandrayaan-3 is success: A soft landing for Vikram lander, giant leap for India's space odyssey

The clock is ticking closer to a pivotal moment in India's lunar exploration as Chandrayaan-3, the country's ambitious lunar mission, is poised to make history by attempting a soft landing on the uncharted south pole of the moon at 6.

Chandrayaan-3: PM Modi to join virtually from South Africa as India attempts moon landing

CHANDRAYAAN-3: Vikram lander makes successful landing on moon. PM Modi congratulated the country on the historic moment. Meanwhile, Vikram Sarabhai Centre Director, Unnikrishnan Nair, said 'previous data was helpful to rectify mistakes'.

Chandrayaan-3: Vikram Sarabhai Centre Director says, 'Final phase before landing was very exciting'

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Upon Chandrayaan-3's successful landing, Prime Minister Modi declared, "We are witnesses to the new flight of the new India; new history has been written." India's successful Moon mission is not just India's alone. This success belongs to all of humanity."

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulated PM Modi and wished him luck, saying, 'We would like to congratulate India, when we are particularly talking about space, in a few hours from now, India's space craft Chandrayaan-3 will be landing on the moon.'

Chandrayaan-3: Cyril Ramaphosa wishes PM Modi 'good luck' as India countdowns for its moon mission

Russia's Luna-25 crashed on the Moon. Even ahead of its landing attempt. Russia's first moon mission in 47 years came to a standstill. Russia had been racing against India. As Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on the moon's south pole on August 23.

Why did Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crash into the Moon?

India's Chandrayaan-3 on three spacecraft is inching closer to the surface of the Moon. It is nearly three days away from attempting a soft landing near the Lunar South Pole.

India: Chandrayaan-3 three days away from Moon landing near unexplored South pole | LIVE discussion

India: Chandrayaan-3 maps landing spots on moon, ISRO begins landing countdown

A day after developing technical difficulties, Russia's Luna-25 probe has crashed into the Moon, informed Russia's space agency Roscosmos on Sunday (August 20). The Luna-25 probe was the first Russian Moon mission in nearly 50 years.

Luna-25 crashes into moon; Russia’s lunar mission ends

Russia's Luna-25 first moon mission in 47 years crashed on the moon's surface.

Luna 25: Russian lunar mission comes to an end: Spacecraft moved to an unpredictable orbit

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