India has made history by becoming the fourth country in the world to achieve unmanned docking in space, a significant milestone that solidifies its position as a global space power. The successful docking, carried out by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), marks a pivotal moment in India's space exploration journey.
The mission, named the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex), involved deploying two small spacecraft, Target and Chaser, into low-earth orbit. These spacecraft, weighing about 220 kilograms each, were launched aboard an Indian-made PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh state on December 30.
