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India's own MIP detects water on moon: Nair, NASA thanks ISRO
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Bangalore/Washington, Sept 25 (PTI) India's own Moon
Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden unmanned
lunar craft had also detected evidence of water on the moon in
a finding confirmed by US space agency National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) which too had an instrument
onboard Chandrayaan-I.
The NASA meanwhile thanked Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) for enabling the discovery of water on
Moon through Chandrayaan-I.
"We want to thank ISRO for making the discovery possible.
Moon till now was thought to be a very dry surface with lot of
rocks," NASA director Jim Green told reporters in Washington.
In Bangalore, a beaming ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair said
the MIP while descending from Chandrayaan-I to the moon
surface about a fortnight after it was launched in October
picked up strong signals of water particles. Nair's remark has
triggered speculation whether an Indian space mission was the
first to discover water on Moon.
"Our Chandrayaan I has confirmed the presence of
water molecules on the moon," he said.
Nair said "while the moon impact probe landed, it took
nearly 25 minutes. It took some pictures that indicated these
water molecules. Another instrument HYS1 to map minerals also
helped NASA'S M3 in finding water."
Apart from India's MIP, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)
of NASA on board Chandrayaan-I also confirmed the presence of
water, he said. The "quantity found is much larger than what
was expected which is a real finding", he added.
ISRO Principal Scientist J P Goswami said the MIP had
picked up strong signals of water particles towards polar
region from 70 degree latitude to 80 degree latitudes.
The scientists, he said, significantly had indications of
the finding "way back in June" but waited all these days to
make it public as they wanted the findings of such a global
significance to come out in a scientific journal first. (MORE)
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Bangalore/Washington, Sept 25 (PTI) India's own Moon
Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden unmanned
lunar craft had also detected evidence of water on the moon in
a finding confirmed by US space agency National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) which too had an instrument
onboard Chandrayaan-I.
The NASA meanwhile thanked Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) for enabling the discovery of water on
Moon through Chandrayaan-I.
"We want to thank ISRO for making the discovery possible.
Moon till now was thought to be a very dry surface with lot of
rocks," NASA director Jim Green told reporters in Washington.
In Bangalore, a beaming ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair said
the MIP while descending from Chandrayaan-I to the moon
surface about a fortnight after it was launched in October
picked up strong signals of water particles. Nair's remark has
triggered speculation whether an Indian space mission was the
first to discover water on Moon.
"Our Chandrayaan I has confirmed the presence of
water molecules on the moon," he said.
Nair said "while the moon impact probe landed, it took
nearly 25 minutes. It took some pictures that indicated these
water molecules. Another instrument HYS1 to map minerals also
helped NASA'S M3 in finding water."
Apart from India's MIP, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)
of NASA on board Chandrayaan-I also confirmed the presence of
water, he said. The "quantity found is much larger than what
was expected which is a real finding", he added.
ISRO Principal Scientist J P Goswami said the MIP had
picked up strong signals of water particles towards polar
region from 70 degree latitude to 80 degree latitudes.
The scientists, he said, significantly had indications of
the finding "way back in June" but waited all these days to
make it public as they wanted the findings of such a global
significance to come out in a scientific journal first. (MORE)
PTI JD
ANU
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