The Space Race
January 31, 2026 · 3 min read
What India Found on The Moon
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- 1There is a new gold rush happening on the moon, and India has taken an early lead in the race to find one of the most valuable resources in the sol...
- 2In 2009, India made their first major lunar discovery with the Chandrayaan-1 mission.
- 3Previous Apollo missions had found only trace amounts of water in lunar samples - about 200 micrograms per gram of soil.
- 4India became the first nation to successfully land at the moon's south pole in summer 2023 with their Chandrayaan-3 mission.
- 5The mission made several unexpected discoveries.
Overview
There is a new gold rush happening on the moon, and India has taken an early lead in the race to find one of the most valuable resources in the solar system. Nations worldwide are competing for lunar resources that could enable humanity's first off-world colony, and India's discoveries are reshaping our understanding of what awaits us there.
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