A statement from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument carried aboard Chandrayan-3 has confirmed the presence of sulfur. The statement notes this is; “Something that was not feasible by the instruments onboard the orbiters.” Evidence that water survives in frozen form at the bottom of craters near the lunar poles is one of the things that has sparked the latest Moon race after decades of neglect. It’s what has driven India to make its first Moon landing at 69 degrees South, and motivated Russia to its own disastrous attempt.
