One of the significant findings of India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission was to detect the presence of water on the moon’s surface. A probe onboard India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter (second lunar mission) has not only validated the breakthrough by its predecessor but also paved a way for future lunar exploration. Initial evidence for surface water came from the NASA-provided Moon Mineralogy Mapper(M3) experiment carried on Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Fondly known as India’s ‘Moon Man’, Dr Annadurai expressed hope that such a lunar map would help upcoming Indian Lunar exploration missions and eventually the larger global scientific community. This offers good prospects for scientific analysis and studies, given that water(H2O) and Hyrdoxide(OH) don’t exist in isolation on the lunar surface.

Source: dna August 16, 2021 13:30 UTC