Cheers and applause filled the air at the Nasa space center in Florida as the Falcon-9 rocket lifted off for a long upward journey to the ISS, where it is scheduled to dock around Sunday afternoon.

The launch went off smoothly at 7:03 pm ET (4:33 am Indian time), with control center staff breaking into applause as the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying four astronauts, passed each of its flight ...

A new batch of astronauts are headed to the ISS, who will take over from the current crew including two people who found ...