SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS

A SpaceX rocket carrying a crew of three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut was launched into space from Florida on Sunday night.

The crew is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin a six-month mission in Earth orbit. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Endeavor was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.