Chandrayaan-3 With living the first spacecraft to set foot on the lunar south pole, the ISRO mission made history. There are just three other nations that have made a soft landing on the moon. India's Moon mission, which became the first to land in the lunar south pole district, has made a lasting impression on the world. With this, India, the US, the former Soviet Union, and China join an elite group of countries to successfully complete a cautious landing on the moon.