After the Moon, India Launches Rocket to Study the Sun

After the Moon, India Launches Rocket to Study the Sun
India's PSLV-C57 blasts off carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, India, on Sept. 2, 2023. Stringer/Reuters
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BENGALURU—Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first such solar mission.

The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed.