Watch: Aditya-L1 takes a selfie; ISRO shares fresh images of Earth and Moon
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just shared fresh images taken by Aditya-L1. As a part of ISRO’s solar mission, Aditya-L1 is scheduled to reach the Sun-Earth L1 point. It has now taken a selfie.
It has also captured images of the Earth and the Moon, as shared by ISRO on X (formerly Twitter). India's first space mission to study the Sun is called Aditya L1. It will reach a point 1.5 million km away from Earth to a special spot known as Lagrange point 1 (L1).
Being at this point lets the spacecraft always see the Sun without any interruptions like eclipses. This will help ISRO better understand what the Sun is doing and how it affects space weather in real-time. The spacecraft carried seven special tools for different studies.
These tools will look at various layers of the Sun and measure different things like electromagnetic fields and particles. Four of these tools will focus directly on the Sun, while the other three will study particles and fields around the L1 point. This will give us valuable data on how changes in the Sun affect the space around it.
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