Touchdown
![An image shows the southern polar region of the moon where the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made its historic first touchdown. The photo was taken by a high-resolution camera on Korea’s lunar orbiter Danuri from 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the lunar surface on Aug. 27. India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover made a historic landing in the southern polar region of the moon named Shiv Shakti Point on Aug. 23, becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. An arrow points to the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/09/12/32a2f5db-e792-4d1b-a5a1-0682d127c501.jpg)
An image shows the southern polar region of the moon where the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made its historic first touchdown. The photo was taken by a high-resolution camera on Korea’s lunar orbiter Danuri from 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the lunar surface on Aug. 27. India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover made a historic landing in the southern polar region of the moon named Shiv Shakti Point on Aug. 23, becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. An arrow points to the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]
BY SHIN HA-NEE [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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