NASA's Lunar Orbiter Spots India's Historic Landing Site on the Moon

The Chandrayaan-3 mission was put on sleep mode earlier this week to avoid the lunar nighttime.

Chandrayaan-3 mission was recently put in sleep mode

as the Sun set on the Moon’s south pole. India’s lunar mission was originally designed to last for a lunar day , with the lander’s solar panels converting sunlight into electricity. Now that the Moon has plunged into darkness, the mission’s lander and rover are enjoying a long siesta. The Indian Space Research Organisation hopes to be able to wake the pair up on September 22, with the onset of a new lunar day.

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