India's space agency landed a spacecraft on the moon's south pole on Wednesday, a mission that will advance the country's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources.
Here's what's known about the presence of frozen water on the moon — and why space agencies and private companies see it as a key to a moon colony, lunar mining and potential missions to Mars.
How did scientists find water on the moon?
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