Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launches rocket carrying astronauts bound for the ISS Posted 30 May May 2020 , updated 3 Jun June 2020 Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds 1 m 5 s SpaceX rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Share A rocket designed and built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company has lifted off carrying two American astronauts on a history-making flight to the International Space Station. Key points: The NASA astronauts are expected to reach the International Space Station later on Sunday It was the second attempt to launch with forecasters putting the odds of success at 50:50 NASA hopes to rely in part on commercial partners like SpaceX and Boeing in the future NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken lifted off at 3:22pm local time from the same launch pad used to send the Apollo astronauts to the Moon a half-century ago. "Let's light this candle," Comma...