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.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts lifted off early Friday morning for their ride to the International Space Station.

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.

ISS now fully crewed after a medical issue forced the evacuation of four astronauts in January

SpaceX delivered the U.S., French and Russian astronauts a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral.

The International Space Station is once again fully staffed with the arrival of astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos on Saturday afternoon.