Critically analyse how the combined progress of India’s lunar exploration (for example, Chandrayaan-3) and solar observation (Aditya-L1) can strengthen the country’s scientific capabilities, space-based infrastructure and national security. (Answer in 250 words)

Recent milestones such as Chandrayaan-3’s soft landing near the lunar south pole and the Aditya-L1 solar observatory have broadened India’s space-science portfolio. Taken together, they strengthen India’s capacity to understand both the Moon as a future destination and the Sun as the driver of space weather.