The Pragyan rover of Indian Area Analysis Organisation’s (ISRO) moon mission Chandrayaan-3 confirmed the presence of Sulfur (S) within the lunar floor close to the south pole, the area company stated on Tuesday.
In a tweet, ISRO stated the in-situ scientific experiments of the mission are being continued.
“Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Rover unambiguously confirms the presence of Sulphur (S) within the lunar floor close to the south pole, by first-ever in-situ measurements.”
It additionally detected the presence of different minerals —Al, Ca, Fe, Cr, Ti, Mn, Si, and O—as anticipated, the company stated.
Seek for Hydrogen (H) is underway, ISRO added.
In one other tweet, that appeared on the X deal with ISRO InSight, the rover confirmed that it’s in good well being. “Hi there earthlings! That is #Chandrayaan3’s Pragyan Rover. I hope you are doing nicely. I wish to let everybody know that I am on my strategy to uncover the secrets and techniques of the Moon 🌒. Me and my pal Vikram Lander are in contact. We’re in good well being. The very best is coming quickly…,” the tweet learn.
On Monday, ISRO stated the rover was commanded to retrace its path after it got here throughout a crater simply metres forward of its location on the lunar floor.
