The establishment of a manned moon base could become reality within two decades after India’s first lunar mission found evidence of large quantities of water on the surface. Data from the Chandrayaan-1 probe suggests water is still being formed on the moon. The unmanned craft was equipped with NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, designed to search for water by picking up electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an imaging spectrometer, was designed to search for water by detecting electromagnetic radiation given off by minerals on and just below the moon’s surface. Unlike previous lunar spectrometers, it was sensitive enough to detect small amounts of water.Learn more about the lunar mission.
Indian Probe Finds Water on the Moon
