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# Articles: Science from Chandrayaan 3
- URL: https://jatan.space/india-chandrayaan-3-science-articles/
- Published: 2026-05-01T08:14:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-08T09:52:32.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta
- Tags: Explore

![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/05/ch3-rover-apxs-measurements-of-lunar-crust.jpg)

****Top left:** The Chandrayaan 3 rover rolling out of the lander’s ramp during pre-launch testing; ****Bottom left:** The co-added spectrum from all 23 lunar surface soil and rock measurements by the rover’s X-ray spectrometer; ****Right:** An artist’s concept of our Moon shortly after its formation, with a magma ocean and a newly forming rocky crust. Images: [ISRO](https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3%5Fcurtainraiser%5Fvideo.html) / [Santosh Vadawale, et al.](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07870-7.epdf?sharing%5Ftoken=4ZQFD5zK9GT9acs31FeVNNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MR1M6jsWV0QR20SmA7k7Hvrkyl3GgMk99HFFb15nD09447WpwTLcpEaBgvj9C4YhThW7GJgQ7WgMAckZYS0fZ6FTf8RdEwv0eX%5FN4HvzLxBwhFq2fqKCzi0YsrWI%5FcfAQ%3D) / [NASA Goddard](https://www.dlr.de/content/en/articles/news/2020/03/20200710%5Fa-slightly-younger-moon.html)

- [**An overview of all Chandrayaan 3 science results**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-275/)
- [How Chandrayaan 3 contributed insights on our Moon’s origin and evolution](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-190/)
- [Results from Chandrayaan 3 thermal experiment benefit future missions eyeing lunar water](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-219/)
- [Chandrayaan 3 rover may (or may not) have stumbled upon the Moon’s mantle material](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-224/)
- [Chandrayaan 3 orbiter observed Earth like an exoplanet](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-22/#observing-earth-as-an-exoplanet)

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- [Articles on Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember](https://jatan.space/india-chandrayaan-2-orbiter-articles/)
- [Articles: From a crashing Chandrayaan 2 to an upright Chandrayaan 3 lander on the Moon](https://jatan.space/india-from-chandrayaan-2-to-3-articles/)

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