Five orbiters and one rover are currently active on the moon. Overall, countries have made 47 attempts at sof t landing on the moon of which only 20 have been successful. Chandrayaan-3 aims to land a rover on lunar south pole 
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Explorers of the moon

Five orbiters and one rover are currently active on the moon. Overall, countries have made 47 attempts at soft landing on the moon of which only 20 have been successful. Chandrayaan-3 aims to land a rover on lunar south pole

Rohini Krishnamurthy

Graphic: Ajit Bajaj / CSE

 This was first published in the 1-15 August, 2023 edition of Down To Earth