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The Pragyan spacecraft captured this image of the Vikram lander on August 30, before the lunar night enveloped it in its chilly darkness.

The lunar day rose, but the Indian lunar lander and rover failed to wake up

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As the day dawned last Friday, ISRO started trying to communicate with the lander. There has been no answer so far, and it is possible that the lander and the vehicle will be buried up to about 600 km from the south pole of the moon
The Indian lander Vircam as photographed from the Paragain robotic vehicle. Photo by the Indian Space Agency ISRO

Surprising presence of sulfur in the soil of the South Pole of the Moon by the Indian robotic vehicle Paragain in the Chandrayaan-3 mission

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The vehicle discovered a wide variety of heavy elements, but this is the first evidence of the presence of sulfur * The rover will tour the south pole of the moon for two weeks and look for signs of water ice
Chandrayaan 3 mission logo. Courtesy of Indian Space Research Organization - ISRO

הכללית הודית צ'נאדריאאן 3 נחתה בשלום על היראח. שידור חי

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The spacecraft made history as the first to land on the south pole of the moon. India became only the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon
The Chandrian 2 spacecraft during assembly. Photo: ISRO, from Wikipedia

India launched Chandrayaan-2, which includes a rover, a lander and an all-terrain vehicle, to the moon

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Indian PSLV launcher. A fleet of three tiny Technion satellites will be launched at the end of this year. Source: ISRO.

An agreement was signed between the Technion and the Indian Ministry of Science in the field of space exploration

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India flew to the moon - late

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The unmanned Chandrayaan 1 mission will launch in June, a delay of about three months. Separately, India will soon announce the exact flight dates of its first manned mission to the moon
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