Everybody has been anxious at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and have made efforts today to re-establish communication with Pragyan Rover and Vikram Lander, that are stationed near the south polar region of the moon, to ascertain their wake-up condition.

The rover and the lander were put to sleep mode and were "safely parked" on September 2 after the lunar night had set in. One day on the Moon is equivalent to 14 days on Earth.

ISRO, in its update on the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, said, "No signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue."

The space agency had earlier planned to re-establish communication yesterday. The lander and the rover were put into sleep mode on September 4 and 2 respectively. 

According to the mission directives, as dawn breaks and sunlight is back on the south-polar region of the Moon, the solar panels of the lander and the rover are expected to be optimally charged soon, and ISRO will try to revive them and check their health and ability to function.

“We have put the lander and rover on sleep mode because the temperature would go as low as minus 120-200 degrees Celsius. From September 20 onwards, sunrise will be going on at the Moon, and by September 22 we hope that the solar panel and other things will be fully charged, so we will be trying to revive both the lander and rover, "ISRO's Space Applications Centre Director Nilesh Desai earlier told PTI.

Hopefully, today both Pragyan and Vikram will wake up from sleep and ISRO is able to reestablish connection with both of them, and India's moon mission will make another milestone and gather more information.