{"685085":{"#nid":"685085","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"India\u2019s Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon \u2212 a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the Moon","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/india-counts-down-crucial-moon-landing-2023-08-23\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndia made history\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E as the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 lander on Aug. 23, 2023. This also makes it the first country to land on the Moon since China in 2020.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndia is one of several countries \u2014 including the U.S. with its \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EArtemis program\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u2014 endeavoring to land on the Moon. The south pole of the Moon is \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/science\/why-are-countries-racing-moons-heavily-cratered-south-pole-2023-08-23\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eof particular interest\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, as its surface, marked by craters, trenches and pockets of ancient ice, hasn\u2019t been visited until now.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation U.S. asked \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=aESo-coAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Einternational affairs expert\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Mariel Borowitz about this Moon landing\u2019s implications for both science and the global community.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2025-09-18 16:57:41","changed_gmt":"2025-09-18 16:57:41","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/indias-chandrayaan-3-landed-on-the-south-pole-of-the-moon-a-space-policy-expert-explains-what-this-means-for-india-and-the-global-race-to-the-moon-212171","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660370","name":"Space"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}