In September 2009,in India ISRO Chandrayaan- 1 using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected water on the moon for the first time.
Water on moon surface : Although numerous inconclusive evidence free water ice at the lunar poles was accumulated from variety of observations like the one from Clementine mission and Lunar Prospector, the first conclusive evidence came from NASA instrument M3 on Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1. NASA published result on September 25, 2009.