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1961 – 2023Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961-2023)Died 23 August 2023, aged 62Russian businessman who founded the Wagner Group and led an armed mutiny against the Russian military. He died in a plane crash two months later.
2023Chandrayaan-3 lands on the MoonIndia becomes the first to land near the lunar south poleOn 23 August 2023 India's Chandrayaan-3 mission soft-landed near the Moon's south pole — a region never before reached — making India the fourth country to achieve a lunar landing and the first at that location. It capped India's emergence as a major space power.
2023India lands on Moon south poleChandrayaan-3 first lunar south pole landingIndia's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made the first successful soft landing at the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023, making India the fourth country to land on the Moon.