"Let It Sleep Well": ISRO Chief On Chandrayaan-3 Rover

The objective of Chandrayaan-3 mission was soft landing, and the subsequent experiments for the next 14 days and all the required data have been collected, he noted.

ISRO chairman S Somnath on Thursday said Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyan has fallen asleep on the lunar surface, but chances of it waking up from its slumber cannot be ruled out.

He said the space agency is well aware of the risk involved if the rover and the lander Vikram fell asleep on the moon's surface.

The objective of Chandrayaan-3 mission was soft landing, and the subsequent experiments for the next 14 days and all the required data have been collected, he noted.