Question

Write any five achievements of Chandrayaan-1

Answer 1

Achievements of Chandrayan-1 are:

1.Chandrayaan operated for 312 days and achieved 95% of its planned objectives.

2. The discovery of wide spread presence of water molecules in lunar soil.

3. Chandrayaan’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper has confirmed that the moon was once completely molten.

4. Chandrayaan Imaging X-ray Spectrometer detected more than two dozens of weak solar flares on the moon.

5. Chandrayaan has recorded images of the landing site of US space craft. They are Apollo-15 and Apollo-11 .