India's abruptly-terminated lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 gives some plausible clues about the moon's surface and imprints of the activities of astronauts landed here four decades back, through the Terrain mapper camera on board. The unmanned mission captured pictures of the landing site of US spacecraft Apollo 15, and sent the tracks of the lunar rovers used by astronauts to travel on the moon surface.

A senior scientist at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Dr Prakash Chauhan, presenting findings of the mission, said: "The images captured by hyper spectral camera fitted as a part of Chandrayaan-1 image payload has reconfirmed the veracity of Apollo 15 mission."

The ISRO scientist, in his paper 'Chandrayaan I: TMC and HYSI data analysis for Apollo landing sites and Mare Orientale' has established that the Apollo 15 was not a hoax. The paper will be released for general public after two months.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first astronauts to land at lunar surface but unfortunately, Chandrayaan's camera failed to capture their foot prints due to low resolution of cameras. These images can be captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter equipped with high resolution camera.