India’s solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 on September 7 sent pictures of Earth and Moon clicked as it heads to its destination Lagrangian Point 1 (L1).
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The images were shared by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on X platform with a selfie that was clicked by Aditya-L1.
The ISRO said, “Aditya-L1, destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point, takes a selfie and images of the Earth and the Moon.”
Aditya-L1 is expected to arrive at its intended orbit at L1 point after 125 days.
India’s other ongoing projects are a human spaceflight program which aims to launch astronauts into orbit for the first time expectedly by 2025, said ISRO chief S. Somanath.
