Chandrayaan spacecraft lands on moon in historic leap for India

South Asian country becomes fourth to touch down on lunar surface

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The moon is seen from the Chandrayaan-3 lander during its insertion into lunar orbit earlier this month. The craft landed softly on the surface on Aug. 23. (ISRO via Reuters)

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- An Indian spacecraft touched down softly on the moon on Wednesday, making the South Asian country only the fourth to successfully reach the lunar surface.

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