India shuts down lunar rover after profitable mission

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India switched off its moon rover, the primary craft to succeed in the lunar south pole, after it accomplished its two-week project conducting experiments, the nation’s area company stated.

The Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was “set into Sleep mode” however with batteries charged and receiver on, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stated in a publish on X, previously Twitter, late on Saturday.

“Hoping for a successful awakening for another set of assignments!” ISRO stated. “Else, it will forever stay there as India’s lunar ambassador.”

By touchdown on the moon, India joined the United States, China and the previous Soviet Union. It went past them in reaching the rugged south pole, shortly after Russia’s Luna-25 crashed on an analogous try.

Chandrayaan-3’s gentle, textbook landing after a failed try in 2019 sparked widespread jubilation on the planet’s most populous nation. The media hailed the touchdown as India’s best scientific feat.

Pragyan travelled over 100 metres, confirming the presence of sulphur, iron, oxygen and different parts on the moon, ISRO stated.

Now India is hoping for the success of a probe launched on Saturday to review the solar, observing photo voltaic winds that may trigger disturbance on earth generally seen as auroras.

“The satellite is healthy” and in earth orbit, ISRO stated on Sunday, because it prepares for its 1.5 million-km journey.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The Rover accomplished its assignments.

It is now safely parked and set into Sleep mode.
APXS and LIBS payloads are turned off.
Data from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth by way of the Lander.

Currently, the battery is totally charged.
The photo voltaic panel is…

— ISRO (@isro) September 2, 2023