Confirmation of presence of oxygen and sulfur on the moonEarlier, ISRO gave important information on Tuesday that an instrument mounted on Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyan has clearly confirmed the presence of sulfur in the surface near the Moon's south pole. ISRO also said that the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen as expected.The search for hydrogen continuesISRO shared the information on social media platform X. He said- 'The Laser Driven Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument mounted on the rover has clearly confirmed the presence of sulfur in the surface near the south pole of the Moon. As expected aluminum, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon And oxygen has also been detected. The search for hydrogen continues. The LIBS instrument has been developed at the Laboratory of Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS)/ISRO, Bengaluru. ISRO said, 'In-depth investigation is going on regarding the presence of hydrogen.'Lander Vikram landed on the south pole of the Moon on August 23.ISRO's ambitious mission 'Chandrayaan-3' landed on the south pole of the Moon on August 23, with which India created history. India became the fourth country to reach the Moon while the first country to reach its South Pole. (input language)Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
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Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning.
The 'image of the mission' was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam).
NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission are developed by the Laboratory for… pic.twitter.com/Oece2bi6zE