“As a new lunar night begins, Indian space scientists say chances of the Moon lander waking up are ‘remote,’” according to BBC October 5 2023. Though India successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft near the lunar south pole August 23, marking a significant milestone. The rover spent has not awakened after being put into sleep mode in attempt to recharge its batteries. Chief of India’s first Moon mission, Mylswamy Annadurai, announced that attempts at communication will still periodically be made but said, “We can’t keep resources locked up indefinitely to wake up the Moon lander. We have to move them to tracking Aditya L-1, India’s first mission to study the Sun. Now Aditya needs to be watched and the attention would shift there.”
World Map: India 10/17/23
October 17, 2023
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Grace Dannemiller, International News Corespondent
Hello! my name is Grace Dannemiller. I am the International News Correspondent. This is my second year on staff. In my free time I have been writing and public speaking about neurodiversity and mental health. I hope to continue to pursue my passion for journalism as a career one day.