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Chandrayaan-2 Detects Subsurface Water Ice in Lunar South Polar Craters
📅 Published 31 May 2026 · May
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Discovery: Evidence of lunar ice in shadowed craters.
Location: Faustini Basin (~1.1 km crater).
Detection Tool: DFSAR (Dual-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar).
Significance: Water as resource for future lunar missions.
Mission: Chandrayaan-2 (launched 2019 by ISRO).rticle here...
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