The Dragon spacecraft of American space exploration technology corporation carried four astronauts to the international space station on the 8th, which is the first "all private" aerospace team organized by a private company in the United States to the international space station. At 11:17 U.S. Eastern time on the 8th (23:17 Beijing time), the Dragon spacecraft took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. Subsequently, the first and second stages of the rocket were successfully separated. The first stage of the rocket landed successfully on an unmanned recovery ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The Dragon spacecraft is expected to dock with the international space station at about 7:45 EDT on the 9th. The mission, code named "AX-1", is organized by axiom space company of the United States and is a commercial cooperation project with NASA. The four astronauts are Michael Lopez Allegria and Larry Connor from the United States, mark BaoTi from Canada and Etan stibe from Israel. According to NASA, the "AX-1" mission lasts for 10 days, and four astronauts will stay on the international space station for 8 days to carry out scientific research, education and commercial activities. NASA said that the mission marked a milestone in NASA's development of the low earth orbit commercial market and the beginning of a new era of space exploration, enabling more public participation in more types of space missions. (Xinhua News Agency)