From soft power on the international stage to serious advancement of India's deep space exploration, much is riding on this journey
By around 6 pm local time, India could become only the fourth nation to have developed the technology to gently land a spacecraft on the Moon.
So far, Chandrayaan-3’s journey, followed by millions not only in India, but around the world, has brought a nation’s hopes and aspirations to as close as 25 km from the lunar surface. A successful soft landing would be a giant leap for India’s spacefaring prowess and its self-effacing scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).