NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research.

An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine NASA mission that could be the first of many to last a couple months longer than usual.

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday. The Crew-11 mission took off at 11:43 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Friday’s launch comes after weather forced SpaceX to scrub the launch on Thursday with 1 minute to go.