The recent endeavours by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to reactivate the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3 mission have encountered formidable challenges. Both the lander and the rover entered a state of dormancy for two weeks during the lunar night. The lunar surface, particularly the south polar region where Vikram and Pragyan […]
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Chandrayaan-3: ISRO plans to ‘reactivate’ asleep Vikram and Pragyan today. What happens next?
No signals have been received from Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander and Pragyan rover so far even as sunlight is back on the lunar south pole where the duo was put to sleep earlier this month. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will try to reactivate the lander and rover on Saturday. Though the initial plan was […]
Chandrayaan-3: All eyes on Vikram lander, Pragyan as ISRO awaits them to wake up from slumber
As dawn breaks on the moon on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) keenly awaits Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover to wake up from their 14-day lunar slumber. If they wake up, the second phase of Chandrayaan-3 will begin. The lander and rover modules Vikram and Pragyan were put on sleep on September 4 […]