Moon May Be Rusting Along Poles, Suggest Chandrayaan-1 Images

Images sent by Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar mission, suggest that the Moon may be rusting along the poles, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday.

Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008.

"ISRO's maiden mission to the Moon has sent images which show that the Moon may be rusting along the poles.

"The sign of this finding is that even though the surface of the Moon is known to have iron-rich rocks, it is not known for the presence of water and oxygen, which are the two elements needed to interact with iron to create rust," said Mr Singh, who is the Minister of State for the Department of Space.