Space: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) On Tuesday said that a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Rover unambiguously confirmed the presence of Sulphur (S) on the moon surface near the south pole, through the first-ever in-situ measurements.
In a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), ISRO further said, “The instrument also detected aluminum, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen, as expected. While the search for hydrogen (H) is underway.”
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LIBS instrument was developed at the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS)/ISRO, Bengaluru.
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