NEW DELHI -- Just over a week after it became the first nation to soft-land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, India on Saturday launched another ambitious mission, this time to study the sun.
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India launches sun probe after moon landing success
Aditya-L1 to travel about 1.5m kilometers to observe solar activity
After successfully reaching the moon, India has turned its sights on the sun, which it aims to study from a vantage point in space known as L1. (ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team handout via Reuters)
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