Zopag News Network Published on Thu 24 th Sep 2009 08:20:23 New Delhi, September 24: Data from Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission, has revealed the presence of large quantities of water on the surface of the Moon, a discovery that is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) lost control of Chandrayaan-1 last month, and aborted the mission ahead of schedule, but not before M3 and the other instruments had beamed data back to Earth. TOP NEWS STORY OF THE DAY – 24 th Sep 2009 India's big discovery: Chandrayaan finds water on Moon

According to a report in The Times, water was found by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), designed specifically to search for water by picking up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals. M3 was one of two NASA instruments among 11 pieces of equipment from around the world on Chandrayaan-1, which was launched into orbit around the Moon in October last year. India's big discovery: Chandrayaan finds water on Moon

India's big discovery: Chandrayaan finds water on Moon The M3, an imaging spectrometer , was designed to search for water by detecting the electromagnetic radiation given off by different minerals on and just below the surface of the Moon.

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