Isro continues efforts to establish contact with Chandrayaan-3

In their ambitious attempt to revive Chandrayaan-3 and kickstart the "bonus" phase of its mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists continued their efforts to re-establish a connection with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, and said that they will persist despite not having received return signals till late on Friday.

- Soumya Pillai

"Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Efforts have been made to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition. As of now, no signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue," tweeted Isro on Friday. As per schedule, Isro started the attempts for revival of lander and rover of India's third lunar spacecraft on Friday, when the Sun's elevation was deemed enough to repower the instruments that were