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How did sulphur come up to the surface of the moon?
We know that the Chandrayaan-3 mission found the presence of sulphur on the surface of the moon.
How did it come up to the surface of the moon if this element is supposed to be in the moon's core ...
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Why it's news that SOFIA found water when it's already been found?
Back in 2008, India proved water on moon.
India's ISRO spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 released the Moon Impact Probe
(MIP) that impacted Shackleton Crater, of the lunar south pole, at
20:31 on 14 November ...
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What went wrong in the Chandrayaan-2 mission with the Vikram lander?
On September 7th 2019, ISRO attempted to land a lunar lander ,Vikram, with rover , Pragyan, on the moon. It was very exciting to watch until the lander lost communication with ground station during ...
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Why is the Duration of Time spent in the Dayside greater than that of the Night side of the Moon for Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter?
The following information is from ISRO's webpage on "Detection of Argon-40 in the lunar exosphere" (Textual information relevant to my question is in bold face):
The Chandra’s Atmospheric ...
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Did the cold temperature of the lunar south pole cause Chandrayaan-2's on board electronics to fail?
Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram was performing nominally during descent until about 2 km before landing, but then suddenly the communication was lost.
Did cold temperature of the lunar south pole cause ...
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Is there any way to determine the fate of Chandrayaan-2?
The lander Vikram of Chandrayaan-2 lost contact with ISRO shortly before an expected landing. Is there any way to find out if it landed without crashing?
For example, are there satellites orbiting ...
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