‘Watching, praying and cheering,’ says Anand Mahindra ahead of Chandrayaan-3’s landing

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Sunday showed his support for Chandrayaan-3’s landing on August 23.

The industrialist said “August 23rd. 1745 IST. I’ll be watching. Praying. And cheering you on…” on X platform (formerly known as Twitter).

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the moon on August 23, 2023 (Wednesday), around 6:04 pm.

ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia and China.


Live actions will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 17:27 IST on Aug 23, 2023.

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission marked giant leap in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday, and subsequently underwent crucial deboosting manoeuvres and descended to a slightly lower orbit.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander is named after Vikram Sarabhai (1919-1971), who is widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme.

A GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle was used for the launch of the spacecraft that was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5 and since then it has been through a series of orbital manoeuvres been lowered closer to the moon's surface.

It has been a month and six days since the ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14. The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.