SpaceX launches NASA's Crew-4 astronauts to International Space Station

FLORIDA, US - APRIL 27: SpaceX successfully launched spacecraft carrying NASA's Crew-4 astronauts with a Falcon-9 rocket on Wednesday. The SpaceX Crew-4 astronaut mission lifted off at 3:52 a.m. ET of US from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It should arrive at the ISS at 8:15 p.m. ET in the US. "Onboard the spacecraft are three NASA astronauts, including Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, and Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins and the European Space Agency's Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti," NASA said. According to SpaceX, the crew will orbit the Earth around 10 times during their 16-hour flight. The NASA SpaceX Crew-4 mission is the fourth crew rotational flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket.(Footage by Paul Hennessy /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)