Ahead of the launch of Chandrayaan-3 on Friday, excitement is building up across the nation as Indians celebrate one of independent India’s shining lights, the Indian Space Research Organisation. ISRO has been one of the few Indian agencies that has matched itself to its global peers, although on a shoestring budget. In light of the latest moon mission's launch today, Outlook recaps some of the biggest leaps forward that the Indian space programme has made, in its storied and remarkable history of milestone after milestone.