First all-civilian crew launched to orbit aboard SpaceX rocket ship
The quartet of amateur astronauts, led by the American founder and chief executive of financial services firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, lifted off just before sunset.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, carrying four astronauts, approaches the International Space Station orbiting the Earth(photo credit: MIKE HOPKINS/NASA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS
