SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on thefirst fully fledged taxi flight for Nasa by a private company.
The Falconrocket thundered into the night from Kennedy Space Centre carrying the secondcrew to be launched by SpaceX.
The Dragon capsule on top – named Resilience byits crew in light of this year’s many challenges, most notably Covid-19 – isdue to reach the space station early on Tuesday UK time and remain there untilspring.