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NASA proclaimed on Monday, October 26th that, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has unprecedentedly affirmed the existence of water on the sunlit face of the moon.
According to NASA, the stated detection denotes that water could be scattered over the lunar surface, and not only over cold, shadowed areas.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine posted on Twitter, "we confirmed water on the sunlit surface of the Moon for the 1st time using @SOFIAtelescope. We don't know yet if we can use it as a resource, but learning about water on the Moon is key for our #Artemis exploration plans."
In order to find out more about how the water is formed, stocked up, and transferred over the moon, SOFIA's follow-up flights will search for water in more sunlit areas and in different lunar phases. NASA stated that, the information will support the work of future moon missions, to create the first water source maps of the moon for future human space investigation.
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