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Detailed explanation-1: -The definitive discovery of Moon water came in 2008, when India’s space agency ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft to lunar orbit. Chandrayaan-1 carried with it a NASA-provided science instrument called the Moon Mineralogical Mapper-M3 for short-that observed how the surface absorbed infrared light.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2020, NASA announced the discovery of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. Data from the Strategic Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), revealed that in Clavius crater, water exists in concentrations roughly equivalent to a 12-ounce bottle of water within a cubic meter of soil across the lunar surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s Chandrayaan was the first mission to detect water on the Moon. Nearly 14 years later, we know its source.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was 1976 when Russia claimed they were the first country to discover water on the Moon. It happened, Russia said, in the Luna 24 mission that reportedly found water.