CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and dazzled Florida’s sky, the show continued as the rocket’s booster returned for landing.
The SpaceX rocket launched from Cape Canaveral at 5:49 a.m. carrying astronauts four astronauts -- two American, one Japanese and one European — who make up the Crew-2 mission inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which is now en route to the International Space Station. [RE-WATCH: Flawless SpaceX launch with 4 astronauts from Kennedy Space Center] The weather held up, creating picture-perfect skies for spectators who tuned in to watch the crew leave Earth after Friday morning’s launch -- from as far as South Carolina, as seen in the photo