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The space era of the Moon research provided such amount of new information about the Earth's natural satellite that exceeds all known of earth-based telescopic observations scores of times qualitatively and quantitatively. After an extended break, new data about the Moon are available now to science community. An international group of more complex missions received huge new data. New results were got by SMART-1 (ESA), SELENE/Kaguya (JAXA), Chang’e (CNSA), Chandrayaan-1 (ISRO), and LRO/LCROSS (NASA). It’s now known that water and hydrated materials are currently widespread across the surface of the Moon, and some polar areas appear to be locations where hydrous materials are concentrated. Planetary scientists recognized that the large basins provide windows into early crustal processes.