A LUNAR ROVER descended a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon’s south pole, Indian space officials have said, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment.

“India took a walk on the moon,” the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation said, adding that the Chandrayan-3 Rover would conduct experiments over 14 days, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.

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