Space agency pulls off historic space docking

To the stars: A file photo of the launch of the Isro PSLV-C60 rocket carrying the two SpaDeX satellites Chaser and Target from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in December. — AFP

THE country became the fourth nation in the world to achieve space docking, a technological milestone that underscores its ambitions to expand its share in the rapidly growing US$400bil (RM1.8 trillion) global space market.

At around 9am local time yesterday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) carried out the highly anticipated Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), a spokesperson for the agency said.