Monday briefing: The story of India’s space programme – and why it took off

In today's newsletter: The country's lunar landing was a triumph. This is how it quietly built a successful mission

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Last week India became the fourth ever country to land a spacecraft on the moon, and the first to touch down successfully near its south pole. It was hailed as a success for budget" missions, with the project costing 60m, less than half of the 131m it cost Christopher Nolan to make his 2014 space epic, Interstellar.