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On 23 August 2023, India scripted history as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon’s SouthPole. India became the first and only country to reach this remote lunar region, a milestone thathas elevated India to the ranks of the United States (US), Russia and China—the only three othernations that have reached the moon. But these were not the only records Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) made that day; it also garnered over 8 million concurrent views of the livemoon landing on YouTube, highest ever in the history of the platform. This book offers an overviewof the Chandrayaan-3 mission and covers the evolution of India’s Moon programme. It traces India’sjourney to the Moon, starting from its inception during the early 2000s.