Chennai, May 28 -- In a significant finding, the Dual Frequency Rada--a microwave imaging instrument--onboard India's second Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-2, has traced subsurface ice in Lunar South Polar Regions.
These findings provide important new insights into the distribution of lunar polar volatiles and have significant implications for future lunar exploration missions, including identification of potential ice-bearing regions for future landing and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) activities, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in an update on Thursday.
The second Lunar Mission was launched on July 22, 2019 using India's heavylift rocket GSLV Mk III-M1 from the spaceport of Sriharikota.After a series of Earth bound m...