Question

What are the achievements of Chandrayaan -1?

Answer 1

1. The discovery of presence of water molecules in the lunar soil.
2. Chandrayaan-1 confirmed that the Moon was completely molten once.
3. Chandrayaan-1 has recorded images of the landing site of the US space-craft Apollo-15 and Apollo-11.
4. It has provided high-resolution spectral data on the mineralogy of the Moon.
5. The existence of aluminium, magnesium and silicon were picked up by the X-ray camera.
6. More than 40,000 images have been transmitted by the Chandrayaan-1 camera in 75 days.
7. The acquired images of peaks and craters show that the Moon mostly consists of craters.
8. Chandrayaan-1 beamed back its first images of the Earth in its entirety.
9. Chandrayaan-1 has discovered large caves on the lunar surface that can act as human shelter on the Moon.