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Moon, Sun and planetary missions

Missions to the Moon, the Sun, the planets and the asteroids, India's and other countries'. Prelims has asked about Mangalyaan, the Mars Orbiter Mission.

Foundation note: India's Moon, Mars, Sun and Venus missions

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Science results from Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1

Prelims

Chandrayaan-3 landed near the lunar south pole in 2023 with a thermal probe, a spectrometer, a plasma probe and a seismometer, and Aditya-L1 observes the Sun from the first Lagrange point.

What changed

23 Jul 2026BriefThe ChaSTE probe gave the first temperature profile measured in place at a high lunar latitude, and found a two layer regolith whose porous top acts as a blanket over any water ice below. Pragyan's X-ray spectrometer found a uniform, magnesium rich composition that supports the lunar magma ocean hypothesis. Aditya-L1 captured the first spectroscopic signatures of the onset of a coronal mass ejection. PIB, 23 Jul 2026: PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADITYA-L1 MISSION (opens in a new tab)

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