India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission rover and lander, Pragyaan and Vikram, are taking a well-earned nap as they await the next lunar sunrise.
After its victorious first round of primary mission goals, India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover and lander — the
on the Moon's previously untouched South Pole, and India's first Moon landing ever — are taking a well-earned nap., both the Pragyaan rover and the Vikram lander are officially in "sleep mode" as they await the next lunar sunrise, due in roughly two weeks. The vehicles are both solar powered, and though the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a Saturday
that Pragyaan's batteries are "fully charged," the exploration body has chosen to safely power down and park the rover — which, per, has already roamed over 330 feet of the lunar surface since its August 23 arrival — for the time being. "The solar panel is oriented to receive the light at the next sunrise expected on September 22, 2023," the ISRO wrote in the Sept 2 update, noting that the rover's "receiver is kept on."
"Hoping for a successful awakening for another set of assignments!" the post continued. "Else, [Pragyaan] will forever stay there as India's lunar ambassador."It is now safely parked and set into Sleep mode.Data from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth via the Lander.
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