Two other studies back findings from Chandrayaan-1 An Indian space mission claims to have found water on the moon, raising hopes that a manned base could be established there within the next two decades. It has been widely believed that the moon was dry, but data from 's Chandrayaan-1 mission allegedly found clear evidence of water there, apparently concentrated at the poles and possibly formed by the solar wind. What's more, water appears to still be forming.