India's Aditya-L1 Mission: Exploring the Sun's Secrets

India's space agency, ISRO, has launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft on its first solar mission to study the sun. The spacecraft aims to study solar winds and their impact on Earth, including disturbances such as auroras. Named after the Hindi word for the sun, the Aditya-L1 will travel 1.5 million km over four months and stop at a Lagrange Point in space to reduce fuel consumption. The mission also aims to understand the sun's impact on Earth's climate patterns and the origins of solar wind. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing for the country's space missions to play a larger role on the global stage.