For the first time, the Indian space agency ISRO has joined two tiny ships in space, having successfully performed space docking.
The nation's long-term goals of constructing an Indian space station and landing a man on the moon depend on the technology.
On December 30, the mission, named SpaDeX, took off from the Sriharikota launch site in southern India. The two spacecraft split in space after being launched on a single rocket. The docking procedure, which was first planned for January 7th, was postponed several times.
The space agency announced Thursday morning that it had made history by becoming just the fourth nation in the world to possess such capability, behind China, Russia, and the United States.
SDX01, also known as the Chaser, and SDX02, also known as the Target, are the two spacecraft on SpaDeX, which stands for Space Docking Experiment. They weighed roughly 220 kg (485 lbs), and ever since they were launched, they have been moving through space at a precise speed.
