Chandrayaan-3 marked its historic moment by landing on the south pole of the moon's surface on August 23
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The third lunar mission is further aimed at carrying out in-situ scientific experiments on the moon's surface
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According to NASA, 6 Apollo missions carried out by NASA earlier between 1969 and 1972 brought back lunar rocks, core samples, pebbles, sand and dust from the lunar surface
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Three other Soviet spacecrafts returned with samples from three different lunar sites to conduct studies
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Here is everything the space missions could derive from studies of lunar rocks
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According to the space agency, around 400 samples are distributed every year for research and teaching projects
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The study of rock and soil samples from the moon by NASA provides useful information about the moon's early history, the Earth and the inner solar system
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According to the NASA, the chemical composition of the moon is compatible with the theory of the origin of the moon
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Studies by NASA have revealed that the crust of the moon was formed 4.4 billion years ago. The crust formation, the intense meteorite bombardment and subsequent lava outpourings have been recorded in the moon rocks
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NASA further explained that the radiation emitted by the sun since the formation of the moon's crust was trapped in the lunar soil