Paving the way for the Asian century

Aspiring for the moon: Staff of the integrated Command Control Centre in Varanasi watching the live telecast landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon. Space cooperation is an exciting new domain of potential cooperation between India and Malaysia. — AP

INDIA’S successful moon mission is indeed a pioneering step in the history of space exploration.

When Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar South Pole on Aug 23, India became only the fourth nation in the world to land successfully on the moon and the first to deploy a rover in a region that is of increasing interest to research.