SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on first operational mission to space

CAPE CANAVERAL,16/11: In a major feat, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in what marks the first-ever full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.

The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from Kennedy Space Center with three Americans and one Japanese, the second crew to be launched by SpaceX