• The first Indian planetary mission to moon, Chandrayaan-1 with a suite of Indian
• And International payloads on board, collected very significant data over its mission duration of close to one year.
• This mission was a huge success.
• The observations made by Chandrayan – 1 are as follows
• Discovery of hydroxyl (-OH ) and water molecule in sunlit lunar surface region around the poles 
• exposure of large anorthositic blocks confirming the global lunar magma hypothesis 
• signature of sub surface ice layers in permanently shadowed regions near the lunar north pole evidence for a new refractory rock type 
• mapping of reflected lunar neutral atoms and identification of mini-magnetosphere
• mapping of reflected lunar neutral atoms and identification of mini-magnetosphere 
• preserved lava tube that may provide site for future human habitation.