THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As sun set for the second time on the moon since the landing of Chandrayaan 3, Pragyan Rover and Vikram Lander, continue its sleep with little hopes of revival. Efforts by ISRO to wake it up were unsuccessful.

Since daybreak on September 22, the ISRO was constantly trying to wake the probe. Frozen equipment could not be restarted due to extreme cold weather. Fourteen days on Earth is one day on the moon. The same number of nights. The rover and lander successfully reached the Moon's south pole on August 23 and operated for ten days. The rover also traveled a short distance on the South Pole. Rare information were transmitted to Earth.

The lander and rover are put into sleep mode, similar to how computers and the like are put into sleep mode and shut down. It did so on September 2 when darkness began to fall over the South Pole. The hope was to wake up when the sun shines on the moon again. The lander and rover froze because they could not survive the minus 250 degrees.

Although the chance of awakening is low, the ISRO will continue their efforts to wake the lander and rover after two weeks when the sun rises again. The goal of future lunar missions is to have systems that can survive the extreme cold and return to collect samples on the moon.