Just days after Russia crashed its lunar lander on its way to the Moon's surface, India's space agency is gearing up for its own attempt.
But with Russia out of the race for now, all eyes are on India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, a followup to a precursor thatWe'll be watching closely because the stakes are high.
Chandrayaan-3 features several technological upgrades over its precursor that could give it a better shot of sticking the landing later this week. For one, ISRO is giving itself a larger potential landing zone in the case of adverse conditions. It also has sturdier legs, an important because the south pole's terrain is comparatively rough.
"If Chandrayaan-3 succeeds, it will boost India's space agency's reputation worldwide," former ISRO scientist Manish Purohit told
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