India is set to launch its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole. Aditya-L1 is due to blast off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on Saturday at 11:50 India time (06:20GMT). India's space agency says it will take four months to travel the distance. India's solar mission comes just days after the country successfully landed the world's first-ever probe near the lunar south pole. Japan was the first to launch a mission to Sun in 1981 to study solar flares and the US space agency Nasa and European Space Agency (ESA) have been watching the Sun since the 1990s.

Source: Daily Sun September 02, 2023 04:58 UTC