why is it so impressive that India landed on the South side of the Moon?

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why is it so impressive that India landed on the South side of the Moon?

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Prior to this only 3 countries had successfully landed on the moon at all, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. Russia recently tried but there was some kind of problem and their unmanned vehicle crashed into the moon. The US is stilled the only country to successfully land any crewed lunar missions, but those were all the way back in 70s with the Apollo program. In total 12 humans have walked on the moon across 6 successful landings as part of the Apollo program.