Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The SpaceX transport of Crew-11 to the International Space Station launched Friday after Thursday's scrub.

The Crew-11 mission ferried four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a science and technology expedition. The crew includes Nasa astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.

Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Endeavour lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug.

Weather threatened to delay the Crew-11 mission for a second time, but the launch team was able to “thread the clouds” and a four-person crew lifted off on a journey to the International Space Station.

The next four souls who will fly to the International Space Station touched down in Florida on a sweltering and humid Saturday afternoon.