After the historic prelunar landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3, on August 23, India’s rover Pragyan sent back its first findings from the unexplored and mysterious South Pole of the Moon.

India is the first country to land on the Moon’s south pole.

In a historic first discovery, the Indian rover has detected and confirmed the existence of sulphur, an element which experts say could reveal more about the creation and origin of the Moon.

This is the first time that sulfur has been detected “in situ” on the south side of the Moon – until now the findings have only come from observations by spacecraft and satellites, India’s space agency, ISRO, said.

Pragyan also managed to measure the soil temperature of the lunar south pole for the first time. However, these measurements remained secret.

Pragyan also detected other elements such as aluminum, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, proving that the Moon has mineral wealth that man could in the future exploit.

Chandrayan-3 is expected to conduct experiments over a period of 14 days, ISRO said.

At the same time, he is continuing research into the existence of frozen water that could help future astronaut missions, as a possible source of drinking water or for the production of rocket fuel.

With information from ISRO, DailyMail, space.com