ISRO's Chandrayaan-3, which landed on the Moon's south pole, has lost communication likely due to the extreme lunar night temperatures. Comparisons to China's successful Chang’e 4 mission offer a faint glimmer of hope for reactivation. It looks like India’s Chandrayaan-3 succumbed to the cold, an
The Pragyaan rover captured this image of the Vikram Lander on August 30th, before lunar night enshrouded it in its frigid darkness. Credit: ISRO
It looks like India’s Chandrayaan-3 succumbed to the cold, and its mission is over. The frigid lunar night lasted about two weeks, and a new day has dawned. With that day came hopes of a sunlit revival for the lander and the rover, but the India Space Research Organization says the chances of the spacecraft awakening in the Sun are diminishing by the hour.The lunar night that wrapped its cold arms around the lander and rover lasted 14 days, and so will the current lunar day.
“Once there is sufficient solar generation, they are expected to come back to life provided that they have survived the night.”ISRO released an update on Friday, the beginning of the new lunar day. Unfortunately, there was no response from either the lander or the rover.Efforts have been made to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition.
If ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is truly over, it was still a success. It was the first spacecraft to land at the Moon’s south pole region. Credit: ISRO
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