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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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