India’s moon rover detects sulphur and other elements near lunar south pole

India’s moon rover detects sulphur and other elements near lunar south pole
The surface of the moon as the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft prepares for landing before conducting experiments (ISRO via AP/PA)

India’s moon rover confirmed the presence of sulphur and detected several other elements near the lunar south pole as it searches for signs of frozen water nearly a week after its historic moon landing, India’s space agency said.

The rover’s laser-induced spectroscope instrument also detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO, said in a post on its website.

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