CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A quartet of astronauts have reached orbit and are on their way to support the skeleton crew of three left behind after the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS).

Weather permitting and depending on clouds, rocket launches in Cape Canaveral can be seen in West Palm Beach, about 150 miles away.

SpaceX and NASA launched a new crew to the International Space Station on Friday, around one month after a previous crew had to be brought home early.

It is the 12th long-duration ISS team that NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle since Elon Musk's rocket venture began sending U.S. astronauts to orbit in 2020.

A SpaceX rocket launched on Friday headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission, NASA reported in a statement.

Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is accustomed to getting makeovers. It got another one Wednesday with the removal of the Crew Access Arm used by astronauts to board their rides to space.

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