On September 2, the Sun-studying Aditya-L1 mission was launched atop PSLV-C57. But during all the excitement surrounding this momentous occasion, Somanath's personal health took an unexpected turn.

In a humorous nod to the challenges of space engineering, one might recall the dialogue from "The Dictator": "The missile is too round; it needs to be pointy," when the Indian Space Research ...

and the PSLV-C57/ Aditya-L1 in 2023 was India’s first mission to study the Sun. Another watershed moment was the launch of the PSLV-C37/ Cartosat-2 series in 2017. During this mission ...