With dawn breaking on the Moon, ISRO is now gearing up to try to reestablish communication with its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's solar-powered lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, to revive them so that they can continue with scientific experiments.
When we sleep on earth tonight, Vikram and Pragyan will perhaps wake up on the moon, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
As the solar batteries of the instruments have been charged fully , scientists are awaiting for the temperature on the lunar surface to rise for the wake-up call to be communicated to Vikram and Pragyan.
After conducting experiments on the moon from August 23 to September 4, the rover and lander modules of Chandrayaan-3 were put to sleep in a bid to survive the extremely frigid atmosphere at the south pole of the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole on August 23, propelling India to an exclusive club of four and making it the first country to land on the uncharted surface.
Efforts of Team ISRO will not go in vain. Chandrayaan 3 will wake up to expreiment more and provide suitable information. Best wishes to Team ISRO.