On July 14, Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Digital Desk: Scientist N Valarmathi from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), who lent the voice for the rocket launch countdowns in Sriharikota, passed away from cardiac arrest. Her last countdown was during the launch of Chandrayaan-3, the country's third lunar mission.
On July 14, Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Only the fourth nation to do so, Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM), which included the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, successfully landed on the lunar surface on August 23.
Additionally, the landing made the nation the first to travel to the unexplored south pole of Earth's sole natural satellite.
Meanwhile, the Pragyan rover on the Moon has been put to sleep, according to Isro on Saturday. After 14 days, the space agency hopes to wake it up.
The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) are the rover's two payloads. The payloads that use the lander to transmit data to the Earth are disabled.
Together, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover had been gathering important scientific data. The APXS and LIBS payloads are made to examine the mineralogy and elemental composition of lunar rocks and soil.
The Pragyan rover will stay on moon as India's lunar ambassador for all time if it does not experience a "successful awakening".
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