The Pragyan rover, part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, completed its two-week lunar assignment, marking India's significant lunar exploration milestone.
Chandrayaan-3's soft, textbook touchdown after a failed attempt in 2019 sparked widespread jubilation in the world's most populous country [Photo: AFP]
India switched off its moon rover, the first craft to reach the lunar south poll, after it completed its two-week assignment conducting experiments, the country's space agency said. The Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was"set into Sleep mode" but with batteries charged and receiver on, the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, late on Saturday.
"Hoping for a successful awakening for another set of assignments!" ISRO said."Else, it will forever stay there as India's lunar ambassador." By landing on the moon, India joined the United States, China and the former Soviet Union. It went beyond them in reaching the rugged south pole, shortly after Russia's Luna-25 crashed on a similar attempt.
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