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SpaceX has launched Turkey's first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to the International Space Station.

The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late afternoon.

SpaceX has launched Turkeys first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to the International Space Station

SpaceX has launched Turkey's first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to the International Space Station.

The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late afternoon, carrying the three men, all with military pilot experience and representing their homelands. Russia has been welcoming paid visitors to the space station for more than two decades; NASA didn't until two years ago.

The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late afternoon, carrying the three men, all with military pilot experience and representing their homelands. Russia has been welcoming paid visitors to the space station for more than two decades; NASA didn't until two years ago.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the SpaceX Falcon 9 window opens.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched at 5:35 p.m. Sunday

This was the first commercial launch of 2024 for SpaceX and the second in less than a day.

"Note, this only supports 7 MM per beam and the beams are very big, so while this is a great solution for locations with no cellular connectivity, it is not meaningfully competitive with existing terrestrial cellular networks," the tech billionaire explained. �� Elon Musk-Run SpaceX Launches First Batch of Satellites To Connect Mobile Phone Users Anywhere on Earth.