India’s Moon rover Pragyan put to sleep, APXS and LIBS payloads turned off, says ISRO

12:00:00 AM, Sunday 3rd of September 2023 | in miscellaneous

The Indian space agency on Saturday put to sleep the 26 kg moon rover Pragyan. In a message on the social media platform X Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said: “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.”