What are the achievements of Chandrayaan -1?

1.	What are the achievements of Chandrayaan -1?
Answer» 1. The discovery of presence of water molecules in the lunar soil. 2. Chandrayaan-1 confirmed that the Moon was completely molten once. 3. Chandrayaan-1 has recorded images of the landing site of the US space-craft Apollo-15 and Apollo-11. 4. It has provided high-resolution spectral data on the mineralogy of the Moon. 5. The existence of aluminium, magnesium and silicon were picked up by the X-ray camera. 6. More than 40,000 images have been transmitted by the Chandrayaan-1 camera in 75 days. 7. The acquired images of peaks and craters show that the Moon mostly consists of craters. 8. Chandrayaan-1 beamed back its first images of the Earth in its entirety. 9. Chandrayaan-1 has discovered large caves on the lunar surface that can act as human shelter on the Moon.

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1. The discovery of presence of water molecules in the lunar soil.

2. Chandrayaan-1 confirmed that the Moon was completely molten once.

3. Chandrayaan-1 has recorded images of the landing site of the US space-craft Apollo-15 and Apollo-11.

4. It has provided high-resolution spectral data on the mineralogy of the Moon.

5. The existence of aluminium, magnesium and silicon were picked up by the X-ray camera.

6. More than 40,000 images have been transmitted by the Chandrayaan-1 camera in 75 days.

7. The acquired images of peaks and craters show that the Moon mostly consists of craters.

8. Chandrayaan-1 beamed back its first images of the Earth in its entirety.

9. Chandrayaan-1 has discovered large caves on the lunar surface that can act as human shelter on the Moon.

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