After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun

FILE PHOTO: The sun as seen by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft in extreme ultraviolet light in this mosaic of 25 individual images taken on March 7, 2023, by the high resolution telescope of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team/Handout via REUTERS File Photo

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.

The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) website showed.