India is keeping its fingers crossed as moon mission Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the lunar surface this evening. Parties and prayers are being held with equal fervour, with scientists predicting "20 minutes of terror" before the touchdown.
India is at the cusp of scripting history, as ISRO's ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) is all set to touch down on the lunar surface on this evening.
Around 1,300 km from the Sriharikota space station, the Godrej Aerospace facility in Mumbai will be cheering on one particular component of the lunar mission – the Vikas engine dedicated to the late astronomer and physicist Vikram Sarabhai