It Clicks Images of Earth and the Moon…
On Thursday, 07 September 2023, India's ambitious spacecraft mission, Aditya-L1, sent pictures of the Earth and the Moon clicked as it headed to its destination Lagrangian Point which is located 1.5 million km from the Earth.
The images were shared by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on social media along with a selfie that Aditya-L1 had clicked.
On September 2, the mission lifted off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The spacecraft has already completed two earth-bound orbital manoeuvres and will perform two more before placing in the transfer orbit towards the Lagrange point L1. Aditya-L1 is expected to arrive at the intended orbit at the L1 point after 125 days.
The solar probe is helping ISRO notch up its second feat in less than a month after the country beat others to the lunar south pole in late August.
India's other ongoing projects include a human spaceflight program that aims to launch astronauts into orbit for the first time possibly by 2025, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said.
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