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.