space medium MCQ

Which mission discovered water ice in permanently shadowed craters at lunar south pole using neutron spectroscopy?

  1. Chandrayaan-1 MIP
  2. Lunar Prospector
  3. LCROSS
  4. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Lunar Prospector (1998) detected H signature; Chandrayaan-1 MIP/M3 confirmed OH/H₂O; LCROSS impact (2009) directly sampled ice-rich ejecta.

Topic Space Missions - Lunar
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