President Droupadi Murmu has congratulated ISRO and the entire scientists and engineers communities of the country for the successful demonstration of space docking of two satellites under the Space Docking Experiment, SpaDeX and for boosting India’s space capabilities”. In a social media post, the President said, that with this historic milestone, India has become the fourth nation to have demonstrated space docking capability. She said this achievement paves the way for the country’s future endeavours in space exploration such as Chandrayaan-4, India’s planned space station and Gaganyaan.