No signal from lander, rover after lunar sunrise, says India

India’s space agency said that it has been unable to receive signals from its lunar lander and rover after attempts to wake them up following the end of a two-week lunar night.

“Efforts have been made to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition,” the India Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Friday on X.

The lander and rover were put into sleep mode due to a two-week lunar night. ISRO said efforts to establish contact will continue.

India last month made history after its moon mission accomplished a soft landing at the lunar south pole, becoming the first country to do so.