We finally have blast off! Four astronauts leave Earth for private spacewalk after weeks of delays due to bad weather
Following a series of delays due to bad weather, the historic Polaris Dawn has finally blasted off to space. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule – carrying four non-professional astronauts – launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 05:25 local time (10:25 BST). The four-person team will fly up to 870 miles away from Earth aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. This will be the furthest from Earth that any human has travelled since the Apollo moon missions and will carry the crew into Earth's radioactive Van Allen Belt.
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