SpaceX Launches Crew After NASA, Russia Space Chief Meeting

A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from the US, Japan and Russia launched to the International Space Station on Friday, the start of a planned six-month stay in orbit for NASA.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the crew’s Dragon capsule lifted off at 11:44 a.m. local time from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.