India’s first moon mission led the way for NASA’s Sofia to find water on sunlit side of moon
Image Credit: Shortpedia
In a major discovery, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) confirmed the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the moon. The finding was built on India’s first mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1 which is credited for the discovery of water ice or a chemical relative hydroxyl twelve years ago. Sofia detected water in the Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth.