India aims to crack 'methane mystery' with Mars mission

Speaking to PTI here, former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, Prof U R Rao noted that when the country undertook the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission, "we didn't know we are going to detect water (on the moon)".

"First time it has happened (detecting water on the moon) in spite of the fact that we were a late entrant (on exploring moon)," said Rao, a globally respected figure in the field of space.

Rao, Chairman of the selection committee which finalised experiments to be conducted vis-