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Pragyan Rover revival chances good! Vikram Lander? Former ISRO scientist reveals
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Pragyan Rover revival chances good! Vikram Lander? Former ISRO scientist reveals

[ad_1] As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) strives to awaken Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover after nearly two weeks in 'sleep mode,' there is some optimism. Pragyan Rover has a good chance of being revived from its death sleep! Former ISRO scientist and Padma Shri awardee Mylswamy Annadurai offers insights into the fraught Chandrayaan-3 mission situation.The cute dog-sized Pragyan rover may well start functioing. "I am pretty hopeful about Pragyan because it has been tested. But, with respect to the Lander, we will have to wait and see," Mylswamy Annadurai, former ISRO Scientist. Nilesh M Desai, the Director of the Space Applications Centre (SAC), a prominent division of ISRO, disclosed that the revival of the lander and rover is an automatic process and can...