Solar Mission
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NASA, ESA set to release first images from Solar Orbiter Mission
Science | Jul 14, 2020, 09:33 AM ISTFollowing the February 9 launch, the Solar Orbiter had made its first close pass of the Sun in mid-June. The mission had turned on all 10 of its instruments together for the first time. This flyby captured the closest images ever taken of the Sun.
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Aditya-L1: India to launch first solar mission in 2020
Jun 13, 2019, 05:49 PM ISTIndia is to launch Aditya-L1, its first mission to study the sun, in 2020, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan said.
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Submit your name to go onboard NASA's new solar mission
Mar 30, 2018, 08:29 PM ISTThe mission will travel through the Sun's atmosphere, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions -- and your name will go along for the ride. The submissions of names will be accepted until April 27, the US space agency said.
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Kashmir's solar potential highest in India
India | Nov 19, 2014, 12:39 PM ISTBangalore: Which is a better place for locating a solar power plant? Hot and sunny Rajasthan or snow-clad Kashmir? If your answer is Rajasthan, you are wrong.A recent study by Indian researchers has identified the