graphic that is showing you this graphic that is showing you what is happening right now. india's prime minister that. he is watching from the brakes on it and you can see the figures going down and down, just 500 metres now above the moon's surface. as india waits and watches... some of those watching parties that we have been showing you up and down the country... the lander you up and down the country... iie: lander module you up and down the country... i“i;e: lander module has you up and down the country... iie: lander module has begun its descent to the landing site. less lander module has begun its descent to the landing site.— to the landing site. less than 300 metres nova _ to the landing site. less than 300 metres now. for _ to the landing site. less than 300 metres now. for the _ to the landing site. less than 300 l metres now. for the chandrayaan-3 metres now. for the chandrayaan—3 were lander.

the lander named after vikram sarabhai. india only the first country to achieve this landing on the south pole of the moon. this will allow the reverend to explore this crucial part of the south pole of the moon. there is a lot to discover, but also a lot that could go wrong at this stage. just been describing to you how difficult are the moon's surface isjust describing to you how difficult are the moon's surface is just there. the craters that they are trying to avoid. applause

they are providing confirmation of the safety of the landing site. this is a very good _ the safety of the landing site. this is a very good signature for the landen — is a very good signature for the lender. 50 _ is a very good signature for the lander. ,, ., , is a very good signature for the lander. , ~' , is a very good signature for the lander. , ~ , ., lander. so they think they have icked a lander. so they think they have picked a good _ lander. so they think they have picked a good side, _ lander. so they think they have picked a good side, less - lander. so they think they have picked a good side, less than i lander. so they think they have i picked a good side, less than 100 metres now to go. currently only two engines are now being fired. and we are nearly at zero velocity, vertical and horizontal. we were hovering and now we are approaching the moon's surface.

we can see the honourable prime minister who is here to encourage us, and he is critically looking at the visuals. applause cheering and applause people are applauding. cheering and applause

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so as you can see that the prime minister ever india, who was at the brick summit in south africa, he is at the moment addressing mission control in bengaluru. we saw those wonderful pictures of people taking to their feet, applauding, wonderful pictures of people taking to theirfeet, applauding, up and down the country at some of these watching parties you can see again celebrations, flags, people with their mobile phones in the air filming people around them. filming the moment. this makes india only the moment. this makes india only the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the moon, and crucially, the first to land in the area of the moon's south pole. this is such an unexplored area. it is a part of the moon that scientists knew very little about, they knew that it was

a dangerous place to land and that is why nobody has tried it before. doctor maggie lou is still with us, the research fellow at nottingham university who worked at the european space agency on the mars orbiter programme. doctor lou, just watching this, watching those faces of delight, what they have achieved is extraordinary, isn't it? it is extraordinary. _ is extraordinary, isn't it? it is extraordinary. it _ is extraordinary, isn't it? it is extraordinary. it is _ is extraordinary, isn't it? it is extraordinary. it is so - is extraordinary, isn't it? it 3 extraordinary. it is so amazing to see what a community has come together to achieve. it is a huge achievement. and it means that there is so much amazing science that is going to come with this. i think previously, on the channel you spoke about how water is important for human exploration, on the moon, settlements and colonies being set upon the moon, but it can also help propel us further out into the solar system because the water on the moon can be split up to hydrogen and

oxygen, which can be used in liquid propellants. these can be used for further fuel to go out and explore essentially the entire solar system, so it is really exciting. it essentially the entire solar system, so it is really exciting.— so it is really exciting. it is. and it is an achievement _ so it is really exciting. it is. and it is an achievement that - so it is really exciting. it is. and i it is an achievement that deserves so it is really exciting. it is. and - it is an achievement that deserves a moment of reflection, because of course there was a russian mission just a few days ago, they try to do exactly the same thing with their luna—25 and it crashed. it didn't make it so itjust goes to show that this is still an enormously difficult thing to achieve. yes. absolutely- — difficult thing to achieve. yes. absolutely. it _ difficult thing to achieve. yes. absolutely. it is _ difficult thing to achieve. yes. absolutely. it is so _ difficult thing to achieve. yes. absolutely. it is so difficult. i difficult thing to achieve. iez2 absolutely. it is so difficult. and the hardest part is over, that final 15 minutes of terror, especially when it was going into fine breaking i was kind of worried because that is why they failed previously. so thatis is why they failed previously. so that is all really exciting. in a couple of hours' time there will be putting the rover hopefully onto the lunar surface, so there already will

be people getting on with it rather than just being able to celebrate. and you are talking thereabout to the next stage already because that is what we do, isn't it? as soon as they achieve one thing we move straight onto the next. that has you mentioned is bringing out the rover. so they will do that in the next few hours, will they?— hours, will they? supposedly so. over the next _ hours, will they? supposedly so. over the next couple _ hours, will they? supposedly so. over the next couple of- hours, will they? supposedly so. over the next couple of hours . hours, will they? supposedly so. i over the next couple of hours they will be releasing the rover that carefully is going to be scanning surroundings to make sure that there are no hazards around to safely deflate. �* ., ., , deflate. and how long will this mission takes, _ deflate. and how long will this mission takes, because - deflate. and how long will this mission takes, because they i deflate. and how long will this i mission takes, because they have timed it specifically timed it to coincide with the beginning of a lunar day? just tells more about what that means, in practical terms as well. 50 what that means, in practical terms as well. ., ., what that means, in practicalterms as well. ., ., ., , what that means, in practical terms aswell. ., ., ., i, ., as well. so i am not really sure how [on the as well. so i am not really sure how long the mission _ as well. so i am not really sure how long the mission is _ as well. so i am not really sure how long the mission is planned - as well. so i am not really sure how long the mission is planned for, - as well. so i am not really sure how long the mission is planned for, but usually when missions go up there will be limited amounts of fuel and

energy to expense, so you can't send endless amounts of fuel up, so typically these things will run either by nuclear or by solar power, so you are limited in what you can do and you want to do it as quickly as possible. do and you want to do it as quickly as possible-— do and you want to do it as quickly as ossible. . , ., , ., as possible. and “ust even as we are talkin , i as possible. and “ust even as we are talking, i am — as possible. and just even as we are talking. i amiust — as possible. and just even as we are talking, i am just looking _ as possible. and just even as we are talking, i am just looking at - as possible. and just even as we are talking, i am just looking at these i talking, i am just looking at these continuing live pictures from mission control, and that real contrast. obviously you can see the indian prime minister who is addressing those people, but on the same side you can see people there up same side you can see people there up on theirfeet, smiling, cheering, they are waving for the camera. it is an enormous moment of relief for them, isn't it? because how much work goes into something like this? in terms of hours, in terms of time? absolutely endless hours will go into this. omissions like these will be planned many years in advance and

then you have to get it through many stages before it is even built. this was the last, essentially, a chance for them to land on the moon as part of the chandrayaan series. i am sure it is a huge relief for all involved.— it is a huge relief for all involved. ., ~ i. . involved. thank you so much, we will talk more very _ involved. thank you so much, we will talk more very soon _ involved. thank you so much, we will talk more very soon as _ involved. thank you so much, we will talk more very soon as we _ involved. thank you so much, we will talk more very soon as we continue i talk more very soon as we continue to watch these live pictures. the prime minister telling people at mission control india that india is now on the moon, a landmark moment. the incoming directorfor the un office for outer space affairs is with us. thank you forjoining us once again from peterborough in canada. you are reflecting a little earlier on and what this means by india, huge moment for them. earlier on and what this means by india, huge moment forthem. but also a huge moment for space exploration as well, isn't it?

absolutely. without this, the world would not be able to move forward with its plans to put a moon base and colonies on the moon. this is going to provide invaluable data on which to take those next steps. i willjust pause you for one second because i think the prior ministry speaking english now. let's listen to what he has to say.— to what he has to say. welcome universally! _ to what he has to say. welcome universally! our _ to what he has to say. welcome universally! our moon - to what he has to say. welcome universally! our moon mission i to what he has to say. welcome i universally! our moon mission also builds— universally! our moon mission also builds on_ universally! our moon mission also builds on the same human centric approach. — builds on the same human centric approach, therefore this success belongs — approach, therefore this success belongs to all of humanity! and it will help— belongs to all of humanity! and it will help moon missions by other countries — will help moon missions by other countries in the future. i am

confident— countries in the future. i am confident that all countries in the world, _ confident that all countries in the world, including those from the global— world, including those from the global south, are capable of achieving such feats. we can all aspire _ achieving such feats. we can all aspire for— achieving such feats. we can all aspire for the moon and beyond.

the prime minister making his speech in various languages. what he said was about the scientific benefits of this mission that he was talking about, but he was also saying that this is a moon mission for all humanity. he was talking about the importance of this moment for the global south. he was talking about also helping other countries with their own moon missions in terms of what they learned from this. rt, thatis what they learned from this. rt, that is an important point, isn't it? it is something that when you look at space exploration that is still far more internationally collaborative than many other parts of society. collaborative than many other parts ofsocie . ~ , of society. absolutely. even when ou look of society. absolutely. even when you look back _ of society. absolutely. even when you look back at _ of society. absolutely. even when you look back at india's _ of society. absolutely. even when you look back at india's space - you look back at india's space programme starting with the moon mission, starting with chandrayaan—i, even though it was an indian mission they carried six instruments from other countries. chandrayaan—2 was originally intended to be a collaboration with

the russians which unfortunately didn't go ahead for other reasons so it became an indian mission again. but with all of the chandrayaan missions there were instrument from other countries that will be going and they were used to carry out absolutely important experiments and fact—finding data, collecting data which will be crucial for the next steps. which will be crucial for the next ste s. ., ~ which will be crucial for the next stes. ., ~' ,, which will be crucial for the next stes. ., ~ i. ., which will be crucial for the next stes. ., ~ ., ., , steps. thank you for “oining us aaain. steps. thank you for “oining us again. me i steps. thank you for “oining us again. the incoming _ steps. thank you forjoining us again. the incoming director. steps. thank you forjoining us | again. the incoming director for steps. thank you forjoining us - again. the incoming director for the again. the incoming directorfor the un office for outer space affairs. you are watching continuing coverage here on bbc news of a huge moment for india and a huge moment for space exploration. the chandrayaan—3 mission has landed safely and successfully near the south pole of the moon. the first nation to manage to do that. all missions before now have landed near the equator. this is the first one that will be able to really look at the richness of their own's surface around the south

pole. possibly looking for water ice. it is worth saying is one that you can follow all of this on our live page on the bbc news website. a lot of reaction and context on there as well. i have been particularly excited to talk to our correspondent again at the planetarium. you are as excited as everybody else. this was just a really wonderful moment to watch for people at those watching parties as well as people at mission control. ~ , ,., , ., , control. absolutely. i am extremely -roud control. absolutely. i am extremely roud to control. absolutely. i am extremely proud to be — control. absolutely. i am extremely proud to be an _ control. absolutely. i am extremely proud to be an indian _ control. absolutely. i am extremely proud to be an indian standing - control. absolutely. i am extremely proud to be an indian standing here| proud to be an indian standing here watching such a big space mission successfully land on the tricky part of the moon, the south pole. and india create history while inside you can see that people are coming out after the screening here. there has been silence right before the land attached on their own's surface and at the moment that it did the

room was full of claps, an ending claps, people were hugging each other, congratulating each other because it is a big achievement for all of indian seer as india create history. they were chanting patriotic slogans just as the land attached on the lunar surface. i have a young indian here who says she is very proud. she is ten years old,. you are inside when the land attached on the moon surface. what did you feel? i attached on the moon surface. what did you feel?— did you feel? i feel very proud of india. i did you feel? i feel very proud of india- i was _ did you feel? i feel very proud of india. i was very _ did you feel? i feel very proud of india. i was very excited - did you feel? i feel very proud of india. i was very excited to - did you feel? i feel very proud of india. i was very excited to see i did you feel? i feel very proud of. india. i was very excited to see and india. i was very excited to see and i was _ india. i was very excited to see and i was very— india. i was very excited to see and i was very excited to come here and watch _ i was very excited to come here and watch the _ i was very excited to come here and watch the chandrayaan—3 soft landing on the _ watch the chandrayaan—3 soft landing on the moon. fire watch the chandrayaan-3 soft landing on the moon-— on the moon. are you going to watch this for the — on the moon. are you going to watch this for the next _ on the moon. are you going to watch this for the next few _ on the moon. are you going to watch this for the next few days _ on the moon. are you going to watch this for the next few days because i this for the next few days because they are going to do more exploration on the moon? are you excited to know what they gather? yes, i am very excited. in excited to know what they gather? yes, i am very excited.— yes, i am very excited. in the school, yes, i am very excited. in the school. are —

yes, i am very excited. in the school, are you _ yes, i am very excited. in the school, are you going - yes, i am very excited. in the school, are you going to - yes, i am very excited. in the school, are you going to talk| yes, i am very excited. in the - school, are you going to talk about this with your friends? yes. tell me, this with your friends? yes. tell me. when _ this with your friends? yes. tell me. when it _ this with your friends? yes. tell me, when it landed _ this with your friends? yes. tell me, when it landed on - this with your friends? yes. tell me, when it landed on the bone and you are watching, what did you say? i clapped their hands. ibmd you are watching, what did you say? i clapped their hands.— i clapped their hands. and you said i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud — i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud of _ i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud of india? _ i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud of india? yes. - i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud of india? yes. she - i clapped their hands. and you said i am proud of india? yes. she was| i am proud of india? yes. she was extremely — i am proud of india? yes. she was extremely proud, _ i am proud of india? yes. she was extremely proud, as _ i am proud of india? yes. she was extremely proud, as all others here in india are, as the country has created a history. like the banister was pointing out, the space mission is not going to limit india's ambitionsjust to the is not going to limit india's ambitions just to the moon, but it will also take it beyond and that is something the space industry, young space enthusiasts, are waiting for. to see india take this milestone achievement and make more of it. we have seen a lot of start—ups commit again the next four years since they were allowed to participate in the space industry and it is an economy thatis space industry and it is an economy that is growing and bringing more jobs, bringing more excitement for the country.

jobs, bringing more excitement for the country-— the country. thank you for that. live from _ the country. thank you for that. live from the _ the country. thank you for that. live from the watching - the country. thank you for that. live from the watching party - the country. thank you for that. live from the watching party at| the country. thank you for that. i live from the watching party at the planetarium in mumbai. let's spend a few moments looking at these pictures that we have been bringing you. we have been bringing them from mission control in bangalow, let's listen in for a few moments as they make these congratulatory speeches there. for make these congratulatory speeches there. ., , ., ., there. for carrying out and supporting _ there. for carrying out and supporting all _ there. for carrying out and supporting all of _ there. for carrying out and supporting all of these - there. for carrying out and supporting all of these in i there. for carrying out andj supporting all of these in a there. for carrying out and - supporting all of these in a proper way _ supporting all of these in a proper way thank— supporting all of these in a proper way. thank you very much. applause good evening to all. this will remain the most happy and memorable moments for all others for the landing of chandrayaan—3. we have achieved our goal flawlessly, from the day that we started rebuilding our spacecraft after chandrayaan—2 experience it has been a breathing and breathe out situation. starting from the reef configuration to all

of their specialist tests that we have conducted meticulously and this been possible only because of the chandrayaan—3 team. with the guidance from our chairman and our directors and experts, with all of this it has been possible, thank you one and all. thank you for all of the minute details been provided from all areas of other departments, thank you. applause the chandrayaan—3 is a result of the world _ the chandrayaan—3 is a result of the world and _ the chandrayaan—3 is a result of the world and thousands of scientists and engineers and other industries and engineers and other industries and support teams across this and other— and support teams across this and other places, other institutions, and chandrayaan has been the leader of the _ and chandrayaan has been the leader of the centre that has now integrated all of these efforts over the last _ integrated all of these efforts over the last years. i request him to speak— the last years. i request him to speak on— the last years. i request him to speak on behalf of all of you.

thank you very much for the affection that has been displayed today. today we have achieved what we set out to achieve in 2019. it was delayed by about four years, but we have done it. when chandrayaan—3 was launched after the suppression nut i will speak on the rest of the things after the soft landing. here i will take a couple of minutes to tell the tremendous amount of effort that has been put in. effort put in

by the entire project team, when i say the project team it is notjust the director and associate director, they are the face of the project, they are the face of the project, they have been living, sleeping, eating, breathing chandrayaan for the last four years. they have been supported by such a large number of people, particularly in the navigation, guidance and control area and propulsion system. this area, the amount of effort that has been put in by people, the number of simulations that have been done, the number of reviews they have gone through, no amount of criticism that they first and overcoming that, as a person who has been watching this for the last four years, along with them, my heart goes out to them. the amount of effort is tremendous. that

is what our organisation has taught us to do. today, the success has put is even more in higher responsibility as the prime minister was telling, because we have set the bar so high... barso high... applause nothing less spectacular than this is going to be inspiring for any others in the future. so is going to be inspiring for any others in the future.— others in the future. so as the honourable — others in the future. so as the honourable prime _ others in the future. so as the honourable prime minister- others in the future. so as the - honourable prime minister mentioned, we will now be looking at putting the man in space, putting a spacecraft around venus, and a landing aircraft on mars. working on all of these activities will be going on for a few years and this success today will inspire us and will inspire us to take those efforts even more strongly so that

we will make our country proud again and again. thank you very much for everyone of you who have directly or indirectly participated in this mission. encourage does intentionally or unintentionally, to help us. for everyone of you, a big you. even a casual remark, an unintended point, can help the person who is striving to reach a goal. if the person who is making better or may not have meant it that way, but sometimes it can ignite... even unintended help is very welcome and we are very thankful for that. thank you to the team for supporting all of us in the amount of affection

that we have received when this mission came into the final stage, the number of people who gave us confidence that nothing can go wrong. and this is going to be successful. i was not that much confident because we have seen a couple of times... i know very well as a person who has been doing business in this domain for 36 years, there are thousands of things that can go wrong. the reflection of the effort that we have put, that people are so so happy to see this effort and they want us to succeed, it is not that we are going to succeed, they want us to succeed. thank you very much for your love and affection. we will continue to do our best and make ourflag and affection. we will continue to do our best and make our flag fly

high. thank you so much. cheering and applause. you are watching these live pictures from mission control in bengaluru, you can hear all of these people who have been involved in the mission taking their moment to thank their colleagues, to really tell the world what this means to them.- colleagues, to really tell the world what this means to them. thanks to him for the — what this means to them. thanks to him for the support _ what this means to them. thanks to him for the support that _ what this means to them. thanks to him for the support that he - what this means to them. thanks to him for the support that he is - him for the support that he is giving to us for missions like chandrayaan—3 and emissions that are being endorsed. that is inspirationalfor the nation. i want to tell you and i want to thank you all for each and everyone who prayed with us in the last days, who want to happen, i thank all of those people all around the country and may be under the country for their blessings and wishes and affection

that they have given to each one of us by doing this work for the last so many years. i want to specifically thank some senior people who have been studying with us,. cheering and applause they have been helping so much. they are part of the team and they have been helping so much. they are part of the tearf— are part of the team and they helped us aet are part of the team and they helped us net the are part of the team and they helped us get the confidence _ are part of the team and they helped us get the confidence to _ are part of the team and they helped us get the confidence to ensure - are part of the team and they helped us get the confidence to ensure that| us get the confidence to ensure that nothing goes with any mistakes. and of course this is not the work of us alone, this is the work of a generation of our leadership and scientists. this is a journey we started in speaking all of the teams that contributed to

building chandrayaan— and chandrayaan—2. this is an incremental process and are definitely a huge one. thank you so much for all of the support of the work that you have done. cheering and applause you are watching all of the indian scientists and engineers, physicists, all of the people who have been working on this mission over the last for years or so. they keep talking about that because of course chandrayaan—2, the predecessor to this mission, was not a success that chandrayaan—3 was. they fell to the heartbreak of seeing it crash land on the moon. so today, really is a moment that they have been working towards, waiting for, for the last few years. you can really see what it means to them. the relief, the excitement, thejoy on their faces. the relief, the excitement, thejoy on theirfaces. doctor the relief, the excitement, thejoy on their faces. doctor maggie the relief, the excitement, thejoy on theirfaces. doctor maggie lou is

still with us, research fellow at nottingham university, worked at the european space agency, they deserve this, don't they? after the heartbreak of losing a mission, to see one which was so difficult on paper succeed is a special moment, isn't it? it paper succeed is a special moment, isn't it? . ., paper succeed is a special moment, isn't it? , ., ,, . ., ., ., isn't it? it is a special moment and they definitely _ isn't it? it is a special moment and they definitely deserve _ isn't it? it is a special moment and they definitely deserve this. - isn't it? it is a special moment and they definitely deserve this. it - isn't it? it is a special moment and they definitely deserve this. it has| they definitely deserve this. it has been great to see all of the smiles and all of the excitement. not only in the centre there with all of the people who have worked on the mission, that all around india, with the young kids, you can see how this has inspired the next generation of space scientists, essentially, and other people who work in the space sector. i think it is really great. seeing their excitement been translated and transferred onto the next generation. i think it is really great that we are seeing so many women working on it as well. there are young girls who are

inspired to do subjects because of this. this is kind of the start to the very next chapter in space and we are going to be seeing a lot more action in space in the next coming years, especially with nasser and artemis to potentially sending humans to the moon and the development of a space station around the moon and a colony. this is the first step towards those future endeavours. a whole adventure to come. it future endeavours. a whole adventure to come. . future endeavours. a whole adventure to come. , ., , ~ , to come. it is moments like this that will be _ to come. it is moments like this that will be inspiring _ to come. it is moments like this that will be inspiring young - to come. it is moments like this that will be inspiring young girlsj that will be inspiring young girls and boys notjust up and down india but around the world. they will remember this. they will remember these moments. they will look at those faces that you can see there and look at their celebrations and they will think, that is what i want to do. ~ , ,., , they will think, that is what i want to do-_just _ they will think, that is what i want to do-_just try - they will think, that is what i want to do._just try and - they will think, that is what i want | to do._just try and give to do. absolutely. just try and give us a sense — to do. absolutely. just try and give us a sense of— to do. absolutely. just try and give us a sense of what _ to do. absolutely. just try and give us a sense of what they _ to do. absolutely. just try and give us a sense of what they have - us a sense of what they have achieved here, because india is now the first nation to land on the area

of the south pole of the moon. nobody has managed that before. they are the first country to do that. how difficult, how complex was that mission? it isa it is a really insanely complex mission, they call it 15 minutes of terrorfor a reason, mission, they call it 15 minutes of terror for a reason, countless missions have failed in the past, this is a very small space agency and they did it on a tight budget and they did it on a tight budget and they've done it, largely themselves, and getting through things like a lack of atmosphere on the moon, a huge amount of dust on the moon, a huge amount of dust on the moon, a huge amount of dust on the moon, landing in an area that is very hazardous, lots of craters, mountainous... it is incredible they have been able to do it, no one has done what they have done so far,

typically, you'll see missions land close to