, Pragyaan turned its camera on its parent-the Vikram lander-and said," Smile, please!... But he described

, Pragyaan turned its camera on its parent-the Vikram lander-and said," Smile, please!... But he described

This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.... It could also be used for supplying propellant for spacecraft headed to Mars and other distant destinations.... The landing came just days after Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the Moon....

Once night falls, they will discharge and stop working.... It could also be used for supplying propellant for spacecraft headed to Mars and other distant destinations.... The lander's speed was gradually reduced from 1. 68km per second to almost zero, enabling it to make a soft landing on the lunar surface....

expectations, saying if Vikram and Pragyaan do not wake up they will stay on the Moon" as India's lunar

Vikram lander taken by Pragyaan rover BBC News India is now on YouTube.... Click here to subscribe

Isro added that it hoped they would reawaken" around 22 September" when the next lunar day starts.... Isro had said this would allow the lander and the rover 14 days of sunlight to charge their batteries and work.... It has now said that both have completed all their assignments. Initially, Isro had said that once night fell-which also equals two weeks on Earth-the lander and the rover would stop working....

One of the photographs shows the propulsion module too.... Luna-25-Russia's first Moon mission since 1976, when it was part of the Soviet Union-was launched last week and is expected to make history by making a soft landing on 21st or 22nd August, just days before the Indian touchdown.... Its orbiter continues to circle and study the Moon even today, but the lander-rover failed to make a soft landing and crashed during touchdown. The women scientists who took India into space Was India's Moon

This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.... This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.... And US space agency NASA plans to launch its next mission on the moon in 2024. India had previously tried to reach the moon with Chandrayaan-2 in 2019....

Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July, but it went around the Earth a few times before entering the lunar orbit on 5 August.... Who will win Russian and India's race to the lunar South Pole India's latest Moon mission sends first photos Historic India Moon mission lifts off successfully The two missions aiming for the Moon are being described by many as a" mini space race".... " We planned the mission based on the readiness of the spacecraft and the available technical window to reach the far