The first full-scale "charter trip" into space has taken off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A few minutes after 2 a.m., Swedish time, the four travelers began their journey.

The difference from previous similar ventures is partly that the four will be out for so long, three days, and so far away, 575 kilometers up, beyond the International Space Station (ISS), and partly that their Dragon capsule contains only "civilians", i.e. no fully trained astronauts.

Source: TT