In this image released by Nasa, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are displayed on a monitor as they sit inside the Dragon crew capsule during the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the Launch Control Centre at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen in this false colour infrared exposure as it is launched on Nasa's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPA
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he arrives to watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Reuters
SpaceX chief executive and owner Elon Musk celebrates after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on Nasa's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reuters
President Donald Trump arrives to speak after viewing the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, at Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP Photo
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off. AFP
Former Nasa astronaut Garrett Reisman holds the sign before the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reuters
Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken head for the International Space Station. AFP
President Donald Trump acknowledges SpaceX founder Elon Musk, right, after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's second stage separates from the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Nasa
Nasa astronauts Bob Behnken, rear, and Doug Hurley are strapped in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Nasa
People view the launch from a beach in Florida. Reuters
A split image of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and astronauts Bob Behnken, rear, and Doug Hurley are strapped into it. Nasa
Spectators at Shiloh's Steak & Seafood restaurant in Titusville, Fla. watching the launch of the SpaceX rocket. AP
The launch makes history and was the first time astronauts have taken off from US soil in a decade. Reuters
The crew access arm is retracted about 30 minutes before the launch time. Nasa
Nasa astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken walk out of the Neil A Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. AP
Norm Knight, deputy director of Flight Operations at Nasa's Johnson Space Center, watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-2 mission with Nasa astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken onboard, in firing room four of the Launch Control Centre at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPA
In this image released by Nasa, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are displayed on a monitor as they sit inside the Dragon crew capsule during the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the Launch Control Centre at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen in this false colour infrared exposure as it is launched on Nasa's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPA
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he arrives to watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Reuters
SpaceX chief executive and owner Elon Musk celebrates after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on Nasa's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reuters
President Donald Trump arrives to speak after viewing the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, at Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP Photo
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off. AFP
Former Nasa astronaut Garrett Reisman holds the sign before the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reuters
Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken head for the International Space Station. AFP
President Donald Trump acknowledges SpaceX founder Elon Musk, right, after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's second stage separates from the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Nasa
Nasa astronauts Bob Behnken, rear, and Doug Hurley are strapped in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Nasa
People view the launch from a beach in Florida. Reuters
A split image of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and astronauts Bob Behnken, rear, and Doug Hurley are strapped into it. Nasa
Spectators at Shiloh's Steak & Seafood restaurant in Titusville, Fla. watching the launch of the SpaceX rocket. AP
The launch makes history and was the first time astronauts have taken off from US soil in a decade. Reuters
The crew access arm is retracted about 30 minutes before the launch time. Nasa
Nasa astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken walk out of the Neil A Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. AP
Norm Knight, deputy director of Flight Operations at Nasa's Johnson Space Center, watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-2 mission with Nasa astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken onboard, in firing room four of the Launch Control Centre at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPA
In this image released by Nasa, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are displayed on a monitor as they sit inside the Dragon crew capsule during the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the Launch Control Centre at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP
