India is about to embark on a historic space mission—sending a spacecraft to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2). India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission will be the first space mission of its kind, allowing scientists to observe the Sun from a point about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The mission, which is set to launch in September 2023, will give India a unique vantage point to study the Sun and its effects on Earth. India’s space agency, ISRO, has invested heavily in this mission, and the data it will collect has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of our closest star.

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source: Phys.org