India launched a rocket Monday carrying two small spacecraft to test docking in space, a critical step for the country's dreams of a space station and a manned Moon mission.

India's space agency launched its first space docking mission on an Indian-made rocket on Monday in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, seen as pivotal for future space endeavours,

India will launch an ambitious space docking test flight on Monday (Dec. 30) that could set the stage for a future mission to the moon. The India Space Research Organisation will launch the two small satellites of its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) atop an Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Monday.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its year-end mission, the "Space Docking Experiment" (SpaDeX), on Monday, 30th December, 2024, said the organisation. The mission will be launched precisely at 10:00:15 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota,