Science News Roundup: Factbox-After Chandrayaan-3: India's upcoming and past space missions; Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show and more

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Factbox-After Chandrayaan-3: India's upcoming and past space missions India is set to launch its next space venture, a mission to study the sun and its effect on space weather, days after the historical landing of its Chandrayaan-3 space craft on the lunar south pole.

Following is a summary of current science news briefs.

Factbox-After Chandrayaan-3: India's upcoming and past space missions

India is set to launch its next space venture, a mission to study the sun and its effect on space weather, days after the historical landing of its Chandrayaan-3 space craft on the lunar south pole. Here are highlights of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) upcoming and past missions:

Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show

Russia's failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-metre wide crater on the moon when it crashed last month after a problem preparing for a soft landing on the south pole, according to images released by NASA. Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, failed on Aug. 19 when it spun out of control and crashed into the moon, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

After the moon, India sets sights on studying the sun with rocket mission

Following up on the success of India's moon landing with the Chandrayaan-3, the country's space agency was set to launch a rocket on Saturday to study the sun. India's first space-based solar probe aims to study solar winds, which can cause disturbance on earth commonly seen as auroras.

(With inputs from agencies.)