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Chandrayaan-1: India's First Mission to the Moon

This Blog follows the progress of India's first Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-1 Orbiter and its scientific progress.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Results from Chandrayaan-1: M3 Instrument Finds Deepest Crater on the Moon

Three views of the Apollo Basin taken with NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on board India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.

Scientists have discovered moon’s biggest and deepest crater - some 2,400 km long and 9 km deep - using data from a NASA instrument that flew aboard India’s maiden unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan—I - The Hindu, March 05, 2010.

Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon - Science Daily, March 04, 2010.
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Labels: M3 instrument, Moon Craters

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Results from Chandrayaan-1: NASA Instrument Mini-SAR Radar Finds Ice Deposits On Moon Craters in its North Pole

NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, finds more than 40 small craters with water ice - NASA Multimedia, March 02, 2010.

Radar data from Mini-SAR from India's Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft reveals tons of Water Ice Deposits from North Pole of the Moon - Astronomynow.com
Nasa's Radar instrument onboard Chandrayaan-1 finds Ice deposits on Moon's North pole - Space Daily, March 02. 2010.
Tons of Water Ice found on Moon's North Pole - MSNBC.com, March 02, 2010.
Chandrayaan-1 Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's Pole - BBC online, March 02, 2010.
Posted by S. Prasad at 5:19 AM No comments:
Labels: Ice deposits on Moon, Mini-SAR, Water on Moon
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