As India successfuly launched its third lunar mission -- Chandrayaan-3, on Friday, July 14 from from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 2:35 pm, greetings

and best wishes poured in from global leaders. Taking to Twitter, NASA administrator Bill Nelson wrote, "Congratulations to ISRO on the Chandrayaan-3 launch, wishing you safe travels

to the Moon. We look forward to the scientific results to come from the mission, including NASA's laser retroreflector array. India is demonstrating leadership on Artemis Accords!"

> Congratulations to @isro on the Chandrayaan-3 launch, wishing you > safe travels to the Moon. We look forward to the scientific results > to come from the mission, including 

for the rare feat. "Destination: Moon, Congratulations ISRO on the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3," UK Space Agency said. European Space Agency (ESA) also congratulated ISRO

and wrote, "Congratulations to ISRO for a great launch!" Congratulating ISRO for the rare feat, French Embassy in India said, "Congratulations ISRO on the successful launch of

LVM3 M4 and Chandrayaan3! India's feats in space are truly inspiring. As its long-standing partner of over 60 years, France is keen to boost our cooperation on space exploration and

scientific endeavors." > 🚀🛰️ Congratulations @isro on the successful launch of LVM3 > M4 & #Chandrayaan3! >  > India's feats in space are truly inspiring. As its 

long-standing > partner of over 60 years, France is keen to boost our cooperation on > space exploration and scientific endeavors.#SpaceMission > https://t.co/Jzvueb5VGw > — 

French Embassy in India 🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@FranceinIndia) July > 14, 2023 The Australian High Commission also wrote on Twitter to congratulate India. "Congratulations India and ISRO on the

successful launch of Chandrayaan-3! Proud the Canberra DSN in Australia is supporting communications as Chandrayaan-3 heads on its way to the Moon." ISRO chief S Somanath and the team

behind Chandrayaan-3 shared their delight after the LVM3 M4 vehicle successfully launched it into orbit. In an exclusive conversation with Republic Media Network, Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath asserted that it is an exciting journey. "The final soft landing is likely to take place by August 23. Till now, we have four earth-burn

injection orbit raising manoeuvres. We need to test all our instruments," the ISRO chief said.  Highlighting differences between Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3, S Somanath said,

"The lander and rover (scientific instruments) are similar to Chandrayaan-2. There's no change in the instruments, however, there's a change in the propulsion. The lander for

Chandrayaan-3 will have only four throttle-able engines, the fifth engine is removed. The upper limit of landing velocity in Chandrayaan-2 was 2 metre per second, now it is increased to 3

metre per second. The area for the solar panel is also increased in Chandrayaan-3."