LIBS instrument onboard the Chandrayaan-3’s rover has made the first-ever in-situ measurements on the elemental composition of the lunar surface near the south pole.
LIBS stands for ‘Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy’.
These in-situ measurements confirm the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region.
Search for Hydrogen (H) is underway.
The LIBS payload was developed at ISRO’s Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems in Bengaluru.