An image of the Vikram lander taken by the Pragyaan rover
An image of the Vikram lander taken by the Pragyaan rover.
  • India's moon lander and its sidekick rover have not responded to multiple wake-up calls.
  • And now it looks like the two robots may be dead for good.
  • India's the first country to land near the lunar south pole, but its spacecraft weren't designed to last.

India made history last month as the first country to land near the moon's south pole. But several days after they were set to wake up, the Chandrayaan-3 moon lander and its sidekick lunar rover remain fast asleep.

And now it seems like they may be dead for good.