India will launch its first solar probe, Aditya-L1, this weekend
Following the success of itshistoric recent moon landing, India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is launching its first solar probe this weekend. The Aditya-L1 mission is scheduled to launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India at 2:20 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 2 (11:20 p.m. PT on Friday, September 1). The satellite will be heading for the first Lagrange point, L1, which is a stable orbit around the sun that is used by several other sun-studying missions....