India’s spacecraft reaches final orbit between Earth and Sun on mission to unravel ‘solar mysteries’
by Vishwam Sankaran
Jan 06, 2024
2 minutes
India’s first mission to observe the Sun from space achieved an important landmark on Saturday, with the Aditya-L1 spacecraft reaching its destination about one-tenth of the way between the Earth and our nearest star.
“I’ve safely arrived at Lagrange Point L1, 1.5 million km from my home planet. Excited to be far away, yet intimately
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