US, China, Russia Fail To Recognise This Special Feat By Chandrayaan-3 While Congratulating India

India scripted history on Wednesday after the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 made a successful soft-landing on the south pole of the Moon, becoming the first country to do so.

And as over 1.3 billion Indians erupted in celebration, congratulatory messages also came from many countries worldwide.

Countries landed on the Moon surface:

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??China
??India

Countries have landed on Moon south pole:

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India Makes History, Out of 195 countries, only India has successfully landed on the Moon's south pole #Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/pFCQWwY56n

¡ª Worldupdates ( Breaking ) (@itswpceo) August 23, 2023

Congratulations on being the fourth country

Curiously, most of them missed India's historic first and congratulated India for being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon.

"Congratulations ISRO on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing and congratulations to India on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. We're glad to be your partner on this mission", NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote in a post on X.

Congratulations @isro on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing! And congratulations to #India on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. We¡¯re glad to be your partner on this mission! https://t.co/UJArS7gsTv

¡ª Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) August 23, 2023

The European Space Agency (ESA) had a more generic message, which just read Congratulations to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 team!

Congratulations to @isro #Chandrayaan3 team!? https://t.co/hOKdTLqHvy

¡ª ESA (@esa) August 23, 2023

Incredible! Congratulations to @isro, #Chandrayaan_3, and to all the people of India!!

What a way to demonstrate new technologies AND achieve India¡¯s first soft landing on another celestial body. Well done, I am thoroughly impressed.

And kudos once again to @esaoperations for¡­ https://t.co/GT3kyWHP6L

¡ª Josef Aschbacher (@AschbacherJosef) August 23, 2023

Russian state-affiliated media RT also gave it a miss.

"India's Chandrayaan-3 Lands On The Moon! The module has completed its Automatic Landing Sequence. India is now the fourth country to land on the Moon ¡ª after the US, Soviet Union, and China," RT's post read.

India¡¯s Chandrayaan-3 Lands On The Moon!

The module has completed its Automatic Landing Sequence.

India is now the fourth country to land on the Moon ¡ª after the US, Soviet Union, and China.

Congratulations! Check out @RT_India_news pic.twitter.com/YBIKJmgtu3

¡ª RT (@RT_com) August 23, 2023

It should be noted that India and Russia were in a 'space race' of sorts recently until Moscow's first moon mission in 45 years, Luna 25, crashed on August 19.

The third country to have a successful moon landing is China, and Beijing's mouthpiece CGTN had the most muted headline reading "India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft soft lands on the moon."

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft soft lands on the moonhttps://t.co/G2d5vLQRsI

¡ª CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) August 23, 2023

Not the first time

This is not the first time some countries, especially in the West, have demonstrated that they can't digest the space success of India.

In 2014, The New York Times had to apologise after the newspaper published an offensive cartoon mocking the success of India's first Mars Mission, implying that the other countries were part of an elite club and India was a misfit there.

India's historic moon mission

The Vikram lander landed near the Moon's South Pole after travelling about 3.84 lakh km for over 40 days.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft comprises a propulsion module (weighing 2,148 kg), a lander (1,723.89 kg) and a rover (26 kg).

Following the landing of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission at 6:04 PM on Wednesday, ISRO Chief S Somnath said, "India is now on the Moon!"

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