SpaceX blasts off to space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A time exposure shows the arc of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it streaks toward space after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center, as viewed from Space View Park in Titusville.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying four astronauts on a six-month expedition on the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying four astronauts on a six-month expedition on the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.