India’s probe first to sniff water on moon (Second Lead)BANGALORE - India’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was the first instrument to detect water on the moon - way back in November last year when the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit, space agency chief G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday. Indian scientists knew about lunar water presence in JuneBANGALORE - India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-I, had made a “path-breaking and real discovery” by establishing the presence of water on the moon in June itself, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Friday. |