ISRO's current Chairman S Somanath is one of the key scientists behind the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission, besides the mission's Project Director P Veeramuthuvel. Mission Director Mohana Kumar, UR Rao Satellite Centre Director M Sankaran, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Director S Unnikrishnan Nair, Sriharikota rocket port official P Madhuri, and many others have worked at making the mission a success.