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The saga of tension and high hopes that soared from India’s space station, Sriharikota on July 14, ended in a historic success at 6:03 pm today, when the legs of the lander softly descended on the moon’s surface.“Sir, we have achieved the moon landing. India is on the moon,” is how the Indian space agency’s Chairman, Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, broke the news to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who of course, was watching the thrilling drama as it unfolded 384,400 km away from earth, South Africa. Modi, who is attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, commented that this was an “unforgettable moment” and said India’s success belonged to...