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Former NASA astronaut on India's moon landing

India on Wednesday became the fourth nation to safely land a spacecraft on the moon, following the U.S., Russia and China, where few have gone before. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to discuss the significance of the feat.

India becomes 4th nation to land on moon

A spacecraft launched by India last week landed Wednesday morning near the moon's south pole, a region of the moon largely unexplored. CBS News space analyst William Harwood has the latest.

Russia's robotic moon craft crashes

Russia's robotic lunar craft was scheduled to land tomorrow, but the country's space agency said it crashed after going out of control. It was Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years.

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