Chandrayaan-3 mission: Will Vikram lander and Pragyan rover come back to life on the Moon?

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 Chandrayaan-3 mission: Vikram Lander and Pragyan rover have been put in sleep mode, but they have refused to wake up so far.

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Chandrayaan-3 mission made the biggest achievement when it landed on the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023.

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Since landing, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have been put to work to collect crucial data about the lunar surface.

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For 14 days, the lander and the rover continued to study the Moon and gave us some interesting facts which could contradict various theories about the Moon.

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However, the mission was supposed to end in 14 days as it was not designed to survive lunar night but ISRO scientists had hopes that they could do further studies.

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Therefore, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover were put in sleep mode in hopes of revival during the lunar day.

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Unfortunately, it has been two months and ISRO has not regained communication with them. 

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The space agency however is not giving up there hopes as it continues to efforts for the awakening of the lunar lander.

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The chances for revival are slim but it could surely happen. And if they wake up then a new phase of the Chandrayaan-3 mission will begin.

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Till then, we have to patiently wait till the time the lunar lander decides to wake up from a long sleep.

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On the other hand, ISRO is already planning the next lunar mission with JAXA which is called Chandrayaan-4 or LUPEX mission.