EVER since the Soviet Union scored a Space Race milestone in 1959 when its Luna 3 probe returned the first photos of the moon's far side, it has been claimed that the USSR used film originally made by its Cold War nemesis - the United States.
It’s been announced that China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe detected water on the moon during its mission. In fact, there could be as much as 120 parts per million of water in the regolith (a layer of unconsolidated rocky material that covers bedrock). The water signals were found in reflectance spectral data collected by the Chang’e-5. Read more »