Watch Video: ‘My tricolor on my shoulder’; Shubhanshu Shukla first message from space

New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to script history today by becoming only the second Indian to go to space. The Axiom-4 mission, which includes Shukla and three other astronauts, is scheduled to launch today from Launch Complex 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shubhanshu Shukla Message

Shubhanshu Shukla send message for in which he said, 'Namaskar, my dear countrymen! What a journey! We have reached back to space after 41 years. This is an amazing journey. We are orbiting the earth at a speed of 7.5 kilometers per second. My tricolor on my shoulders tells me that I am with all of you.

'This is not the beginning of my journey to the International Space Station (ISS), this is the beginning of India's human space program. I want all of you to be a part of this journey. Let us all together start India's human space program. Jai Hind! Jai Bharat!'