India closes in on Moon landing as Russia also races to Lunar South Pole

A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion in this screengrab from a video. (ISRO/Handout via Reuters)

BENGALURU: India’s space agency released images of the moon taken from its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft as it approaches the lunar south pole, a previously unexplored region thought to contain water ice where Russia is trying to land first.