Sponsored by governments but ferried by a private company, astronauts from Hungary, India and Poland are going to the space station for the first time.

After several postponed launches, Axiom Space's four private astronauts are finally on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). The multinational crew lifted off successfully aboard a SpaceX Dragon launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida early Wednesday at 2:31 a.