A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing on August 23. ISRO

India made history Wednesday as the first nation to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole.

Days earlier, Russia's space agency said "the race for the development of the natural resources of the moon has begun."

The race to the moon is heating up as lunar resources could top $1 quadrillion in value comes via ChinaTechNews.com.