ISRO has put the Chandrayaan-3 rover into 'sleep mode' right after successful experiments on the moon surface

According to the country's space agency, India turned off its moon rover, the first vessel to reach the lunar south pole, after it finished its two-week mission of performing research.

The Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was "set into Sleep mode" but with batteries charged and the receiver turned on, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reported late Saturday in a post on X, previously Twitter.

"Wishing for a successful awakening for the next set of tasks!" ISRO said. "Otherwise, it will remain there in perpetuity as India's lunar ambassador."

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The Rover completed 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 via the Lander.

Currently, the battery is fully charged.
The solar panel is…

— ISRO (@isro) September 2, 2023

India joined the United States, China, and the erstwhile Soviet Union in landing on the moon. It beat them to the harsh south pole, only days after Russia's Luna-25 crashed on a similar endeavor.

After a failed attempt in 2019, Chandrayaan-3's smooth, perfect touchdown ignited widespread celebration in the world's most populous country. The media praised the landing as India's greatest scientific achievement.

According to ISRO, Pragyan traveled more than 100 meters (330 feet), indicating the existence of sulphur, iron, oxygen, and other elements on the moon.

Now, India is hopeful that a probe launched on Saturday to investigate the sun would be successful in studying solar winds, which can generate disturbances on Earth known as auroras.

"The satellite is healthy" and in earth orbit, ISRO stated on Sunday, as it prepares to go 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles).