An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine NASA mission that could be the first of many to last a couple months longer than usual.

If you look up into the sky at just the right time, you might catch a Hampton Roads native orbiting by. Rest assured, Zena Cardman is waving to her hometown of Williamsburg.

Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled 'go' to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).