ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 Confirmed Water Molecules on the Moon

For decades, scientists believed the Moon was bone-dry. That all changed in 2008-2009 when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India's maiden lunar probe: Chandrayaan-1.

The Historic Breakthrough

Carrying the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), an imaging spectrometer provided by NASA, Chandrayaan-1 detected distinct absorption features of water (H2O) and hydroxyl (OH) molecules bound in lunar minerals across polar regions.

This groundbreaking discovery changed lunar science forever, opening the door for future manned missions, lunar bases, and the search for rocket propellant resources on the Moon!