India and Russia have been close partners for the last four decades and Rakesh Sharma India's only astronaut went into space on a Russian Soyuz T-11 spacecraft on April 2, 1984.
Scientists said that as of now 3815 exoplanets have been discovered but Kepler 452bm or "Earth's cousin", now is known as the most potential candidate to support life.
The mission was to deliver nearly 3 tonnes material that includes food, fuel and other supplies, the unmanned Progress cargo rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The much-awaited Kilopower portable nuclear fission reactor designed to support humans to colonize Mars and live there one day will undergo a more serious flight testing next
India-born Kalpana Chawla became the first woman of Indian origin in space when she first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator
ISRO admitted that it lost the crucial link with GSAT-6A, two days after it was launched on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.