All eyes on Chandrayaan launch today

Sriharikota, NT Bureau: The countdown for the launch of the country's third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 commenced on Thursday at the spaceport here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

Friday's lunar expedition follows the 2019 Chandrayaan-2 mission where space scientists are aiming for a soft landing on the surface of the moon.

A successful Chandrayaan-3 mission this time would see India enter an elite club of nations achieving such a feat, the others being the United States, China and the former Soviet Union.