The Axiom-4 Mission, carrying Shukla and three other crew members is set to dock at 4.30 pm today with the International Space Station (ISS).

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla sent his first message from space saying 'Namaskar from space' during the Axiom-4 mission. Aboard SpaceX Dragon, Shukla said he’s learning like a baby and flying with a swan toy named ‘Joy’.

The 39-year-old, Lucknow-born Shubhanshu Shukla became only the second Indian astronaut to undertake a space flight, 41 years after his icon Rakesh Sharma’s eight-day space odyssey on board the then Soviet Union's Salyut-7 space station in 1984.