Space & Aerospace
Chandrayaan-1 and lunar water
2008-2009ISRO (with NASA's M3 instrument)Chandrayaan-1Pan-Indian / unspecified
2008
India's first lunar mission contributed to detecting water and hydroxyl on the Moon's surface.
- Dated
- 2008–2009
- As scholars put it
- 2008-2009
- Originator
- ISRO (with NASA's M3 instrument)
- Source text
- Chandrayaan-1
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Space & Aerospace
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
The key detection came from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper aboard the Indian craft; ISRO's own probe also reported water signatures.
Path to modern innovation
Changed understanding of the Moon.
2008Chandrayaan-1 and lunar water
2013
2023References
- 1Pieters et al., Science (2009)
Further reading
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