Chandrayaan-3 Mission: ISRO rover confirms presence of sulphur and other elements on Moon

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The Chandrayaan-3 mission is generating more curiosity with some special findings almost every day. In one of its biggest finds, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday that the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard Chandrayaan-3 Rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur (S) on the lunar surface near the south pole through its first-ever in-situ measurements.

The space organisation said that preliminary analyses of Chandrayaan-3 have also detected the presence of aluminium, calcium, iron, cromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Rover unambiguously confirms the presence of Sulphur (S) in the lunar surface near the south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements.… pic.twitter.com/vDQmByWcSL

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It further revealed that the search for hyderogen is stll underway.  

Revealing more information about the discovery, ISRO said, "LIBS is a scientific technique that analyses the composition of materials by exposing them to intense laser pulses. A high-energy laser pulse is focused onto the surface of a material, such as a rock or soil. The laser pulse generates an extremely hot and localised plasma. The collected plasma light is spectrally resolved and detected by detectors such as Charge Coupled Devices. Since each element emits a characteristic set of wavelengths of light when it's in a plasma state, the elemental composition of the material is determined."

Chandrayaan-3 is the first Indian satellite to touch the surface of Moon.

It is the first satellite in the world to land on the south pole of Moon.