Isro's solar odyssey

Following lunar successes, the upcoming Aditya L1 will portray Isro not as a rising Sun, but as a Sun that has already risen high

There is a compelling adage: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”.

Well, India’s recent moonshot has been a uniquely successful tale, with Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram making a soft landing near the lunar South Pole and rover Pragyan leaving its imprints on its surface and in our hearts. It’s time we shot for a star — our nearest, the Sun — and expanded our scientific frontiers . 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is all set to launch the Aditya-L1 mission, dedicated to studying the Sun, on September 2. It’ll be launched by Isro’s PSLV rocket from