Moon Monday #219: Results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 experiment to benefit future missions eyeing lunar water

Moon Monday #219: Results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 experiment to benefit future missions eyeing lunar water

The Chandrayaan 3 lander on the Moon with its ChaSTE thermal probe deployed. Image: ISROThe Chandrayaan 3 lander touted a thermal probe called ChaSTE developed jointly by two ISRO-affiliated institutions SPL and PRL. The lander deployed and inserted ChaSTE almost 10 centimeters into the lunar soil to take pristine temperature measurements across the lunar day using ten spaced-out sensors. A new study published in Nature shows how the measurement…