India launches a spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole

India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft took off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on a quest to study the sun from a point about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth. The point, known as L1, affords an uninterrupted view of the sun. The spacecraft is equipped with seven payloads to study the sun’s corona, chromosphere, photosphere and solar wind, the Indian Space Research Organization said.

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crew 全体人员；机组人员

uncrewed 无人

polar 极地的

quest 探索；寻求

corona 冠；日冕

chromosphere 太阳色球层（chromo- = color，颜色）

photosphere 光球层