Nair was speaking to the media at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Khadakwasla, on Thursday. "Almost all the mapping of Chandrayaan has been completed. Now, the scientists are working on the data. The analysis of the data is going on. Results of it are expected in around six months' time."
Elaborating on some of the recent upgradations in the mission, Nair said: "The orbit of Chandrayaan-I, which was at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface, has been raised to 200 km. The orbit-raising manoeuvres were carried out in May. The higher altitude will enable further studies on orbit perturbations, and gravitational field variation of the Moon and also help imaging the lunar surface with a wider swath."
Nair, who is also the secretary, department of space, delivered a lecture on the Recent achievements in space science', on the occasion of the First DIAT Commemoration on Thursday.
During the lecture he pointed out that there were some signals of water' on the moon.
About the other initiatives of the ISRO, Nair said: "Work on the human space flight programme' is going on. Anybody who fits the criteria can be a part of this programme. The selection for that would be done during 2010-2011."
The still-unnamed Indian human spaceflight programme aims at developing and launching a spaceship which can carry a two-member crew to moon by 2015. The spaceship would be launched by India's GSLV-Mk II launcher.
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