Magnesium, Aluminium and Silicon detected on moon

The Chandrayaan-I X-ray Spectrometer (CIXS) orbiting the moon has send data which indicates the presence of Magnesium, Aluminium and Silicon.
The X-rays are absorbed by the atoms in the lunar soil and are remitted in a way which reveals the make-up of the surface.
Spectrometer is sensitive to magnesium, aluminium and silicon X-rays. It may also make measurements of elements like iron, titanium and calcium when solar illumination is bright.

An Indian in space in 2013.

India and Russia will launch a joint manned mission to space in 2013. After Rakesh Sharma an ISRO staff will be the second Indian to fly into space.
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams were other two astronauts of Indian origin to go to space. Sunita Williams returned safely from space while Kalpana Chawla's space shuttle Columbia crashed killing her and her crew members.

Moon having iron minerals ?

Chandrayaan -I 's succeess continues as a Nasa payload on board has revealed some aspect's of moon's surface through Moon Mineralogy Mapper that was inaugurated on 22nd November 2008. Nasa says the details beamed by the M3 throws light on changes in the rock and mineral composition of the moon and also abundance of iron-bearing minerals such as pyroxene. M3 was the the first instrument to provide highly uniform imaging of the lunar surface and it also provides us with compositional information across the moon.