India's Historic Moon Landing: Exploring the South Pole

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed its lander/rover combo on the Lunar South Pole, making India the fourth nation to operate on the Moon. The mission aims to study the South Polar Region and potentially discover frozen water trapped in ice. The lander and rover have established communications with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) command center and are equipped with scientific instruments to study moonquakes, the ionosphere, and temperature differentiations. The mission could lead to advancements in manned lunar missions and the placement of space telescopes in permanently shadowed craters.