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Actually, the Indian Moon Mission is more than just a moon landing. It'll be the first time that any vehicle lands on the south polar region of the Moon. Find out more here on the scientific objectives for the mission - https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-mission

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I've been reading up on it more since commenting. I'm really impressed by the ambitiousness of the project.

I am excited to hear that they plan on sending people soon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Human_Spaceflight_Pro...

Chinese have already landed on far side of the moon with their Chang'e 4 [0] mission.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_4

That is not the south polar region though.

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