NASA and SpaceX launch four astronauts into space for historic ISS mission
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dailystar.co.ukphysicist Shannon Walker. They are joined by Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, making his third trip to space after previously flying on the US shuttle in 2005 and Soyuz in 2009.The 27-hour ride to the space station was originally scheduled to begin on Saturday.But the launch was postponed for a day due to forecasts of gusty winds - remnants of Tropical Storm Eta - that would have made a return landing for the Falcon 9's reusable booster stage difficult, NASA officials said.NASA is calling the flight its first "operational" mission for a rocket and crew-vehicle system that was 10 years in the making.It represents a new era of commercially developed spacecraft - owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA - for sending.
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