The Indian scientists, after seeing the success of India's first lunar mission Chnadryaan-1, are now looking towards the sun and are busy preparing a solar probe for this purpose.

Though India had never ventured beyond Earth's orbit before Chandryaan-1, India's constellation of seven earth-observation satellites is the largest in the world. As of now, Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have reached at an advanced stage of designing a spacecraft named 'Aditya' with the aim to study and analyze outermost region of the sun.

"It's a small satellite designed to study the coupling between the sun and the earth. It's on schedule. It's a mini-satellite which will be launched in two years," informed Madhavan Nair, chairman of ISRO.

In the year 2012, India will take a second shot at the moon. However, this time, it plans to drop a small robot on the lunar surface that will analyze data and pick samples. Other than this, ISRO is looking forward to launch satellites to Mars and Venus.

"The message we are sending is that with an effective cost budget, excellence in technology and creativity... India can definitely do it," explained Dr A. P. J Abdul Kalam, scientist and former president of India.