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How ‘underdog’ India beat rivals to the Moon

Only three nations – the US, Russia and China – have managed a safe “soft” landing on the Moon, and no country has done so at its south pole. Until now that is.

The Week

India's lunar rover keeps walking on the moon, days after spacecraft's historic touchdown

India’s lunar rover is continuing its walk on the moon after the historic touch-down of India’s spacecraft near the moon’s south pole earlier this week

The Independent UK

Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too

On Aug. 23, India's Chandrayaan-3 became the first mission to successfully land near the moon's south pole. But why is this dark, shadowy area so important to space agencies?

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India's lunar rover comes down a ramp to the moon's surface and takes a walk

Indian space officials say that a lunar rover has descended down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft that has made its much celebrated touch-down near the moon’s south pole

The Independent UK

40 days of wait, 17 minutes of terror: Chandrayaan-3 becomes first to land on moon’s south pole

It was “17 minutes of terror” in the making of history as India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft descended on the moon’s south pole today. And so, India became the first country ever to land on the south pole, and only the fourth to secure a successful moon landing.

Newslaundry

"India is on the Moon", ISRO Chief after Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully touches down on lunar surface

As the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India, the first country to have achieved the historic feat, ISRO chief S Somanath on Wednesday congratulated the people of the country on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said, "Indian is on the moon". Read…

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Chandrayaan-3: India lands on moon, creates history

It was a giant leap for India on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago.…

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Chandrayaan-3: Indian Mission racing against Russian spacecraft for historic Moon landing

Until now, no country has made a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole

The Independent UK

Dark side of the Moon: will the race to lunar South Pole spark conflict?

Russia and India have kick-started a space race to the Moon’s South Pole in search of water and other precious resources.

The Week

India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission sends back first images of Moon ahead of landing

Successful soft landing will make India the first country to do so close to the lunar South pole

The Independent UK

Living large at the South Pole

Those who live at the South Pole approach the ice with a sense of awe that borders on religious conviction

Salon

Construction of China's fifth base in the Antarctic worries west

For the first time since 2018, China is increasing its Antarctic footprint. A Washington-based think tank says Beijing has resumed construction of its fifth station at the South Pole, worrying western governments.

Radio France Internationale

Meet the five Brit firefighters skiing to the South Pole to inspire women

From ice diving to heaving sledges over snow, the Antarctic Fire Angels confront gender stereotyping as they prepare for a gruelling, 45-day trek

Daily Mirror

Empires of ice: how Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure 65 years ago helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to Britain

When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended on March 2, 1958, it marked what many called the last great adventure possible on Earth: an overland crossing of the Antarctic continent.

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The Independent UK

‘It’s Mount Mina’: Ashton Kutcher says he tried to name mountain after wife Mila Kunis

The ‘Your Place or Mine’ star was the first person to climb and name a mountain in the South Pole

Chronicle Live

Strictly's Helen Skelton issues 'desperate' plea for help after suffering 'mum fail'

The Strictly star admitted she was 'desperate' for advice as her son cheekily told her: 'You can get to the South Pole, but you can't set up Minecraft'

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Nissan Ariya Set To Become First-Ever Car To Drive Pole To Pole

Nissan’s first all-electric crossover SUV, the Ariya, will be at the forefront of a first-ever expedition that aims to drive the whole distance from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole.

Daily Record

Scots explorer makes epic 700 mile solo expedition to South Pole in mum's memory

Ben Weber's mammoth challenge revolved around hauling his fully laden sled, eating 6,000+ calories, and pitching his tent for overnight protection from the elements in full 24-hour daylight.

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Evening Standard

London minicab boss mounts South Pole expedition in honour of heroic relative

Addison Lee chief executive Liam Griffin is following in the footsteps of a heroic relative by attempting to reach the South Pole.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Wind chill has Cleveland’s Saints-Browns game feeling colder than ‘polar weather conditions’

The wind chill has Cleveland's Saints-Browns game feeling colder than the South Pole:

RideApart

Royal Enfield Releases First Episode Of Its South Pole Himalayan Doc

Royal Enfield celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2021, and it decided to go extremely big with a Himalayan trip to the South Pole. Here's the documentary.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Terra Nova,' by Henriette Lazaridis

FICTION: A photographer documents the struggle for women's suffrage, while her husband struggles to make it to the South Pole.

Birmingham Post

Cornwall’s ICE Trikes becomes employee owned

Recumbent tricycles made by the specialist manufacturer have been used to break world records and for an expedition to the South Pole

Wales Online

Doctor swaps Cornish home to live two months a year on freezing cold Antarctic ice shelf

Paddy Mitton's South Pole home is a tent and he spends his time helping adventurers

Inverse

Artemis III: Astronauts will step foot on 1 of these 13 lunar landing spots

Artemis III will return astronauts to the Moon for a landing, with the hopes of setting up an eventual base.

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