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but it's not the only country with a rocket on its way to the moon's south pole. this is the most extraordinary thing about this mission and indeed the development we have just heard about. at the same time, india is trying to achieve exactly the same feat. landing a spacecraft for the first time on the south pole of the moon. their chandrayaan—3 spacecraft actually took off after the russian one did and was expected to land on wednesday. there was clearly a race going on and it now looks like the indians have far more chance of winning that race. i should say that india's space agency tried this mission before and their rocket crashed on that occasion which shows that this isn't an easy mission to achieve. but it is also noteworthy that the original space race was the united states versus the soviet union — this time it's been russia versus india. i cannot overstate how important space is for russia's sense of prestige. i would argue even more than it