'Chandrayaan-3 Momentous Occasion': India's Moon Mission Praised At BRICS Summit In South Africa

Just a few hours before the landing of Chandrayaan-3, India’s moon mission garnered big praise at the BRICS Summit. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulated India on Chandrayaan-3. “I would like to congratulate India, particularly as you speak about the need for cooperation in Space, in a few hours India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 will be landing on the moon. We congratulate you. This for us, as the BRICS family, is a momentous occasion and we rejoice with you,” he said. Chandrayaan-3 is set to attempt a soft-landing on the moon at around 6:04 pm on August 23.