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Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doorways for lunar technology and exploration

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  Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doorways for lunar technology and exploration In a thrilling milestone for lunar scientists around the world, India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down 375 miles (six hundred km) from the south pole of the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023. In just beneath 14 Earth days, Chandrayaan-3 provided scientists with precious new information and in addition idea to discover the Moon. And the Indian Space Research Organization has shared those initial consequences with the sector. While the statistics from Chandrayaan-3’s rover, named Pragyan, or “wisdom” in Sanskrit, showed the lunar soil includes expected elements along with iron, titanium, aluminum and calcium, it also showed an surprising surprise – sulfur. Planetary scientists have acknowledged that sulfur exists in lunar rocks and soils, but simplest at a completely low concentration. These new measurements imply there may be a better sulfur attention than anticipated. Pragyan has devices tha