Chandrayaan-3: Vikram Lander set into sleep mode, hoping for its 'awakening' by Sep 22, says ISRO
Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained.
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Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained.
Highlighting the significance of this hop experiment, ISRO explained that it serves as a crucial step in advancing technology for future sample return and human missions. The ability to execute soft landings and launch spacecraft multiple times is essential for ensuring the safe return of astronauts to Earth in future missions.
India's moon lander Vikram has achieved an unexpected feat by successfully undergoing a hop experiment on the lunar surface after the moon rover Pragyan went to sleep,
It is hoped the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover will reawaken when the next lunar day starts.
Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram will go to sleep mode on the moon, India's space agency ISRO said today, hours after announcing that it had exceeded its mission by "landing on moon, again".