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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicSun spacecraft

Topic: Sun spacecraft

After moon landing, India’s 1st space-based mission to study the sun will blast off on 2 Sept

ISRO has invited citizens to witness the launch from the viewing gallery of spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, by registering on its website.

NASA & ESA launch joint Solar Orbiter mission to study Sun’s poles

Aiming to conduct detailed measurements of the Sun’s solar wind, the Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral earlier Monday.

NASA mission reveals Sun’s mysteries, could help better predict space weather around Earth

Parker Solar Probe, closest-ever spacecraft to Sun, has transmitted data from unexplored regions of solar atmosphere. Findings published in Nature.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.