In our image of the day, watch as the first all-civilian crew bound for orbit blasts off from the US state of Florida onboard a SpaceX rocket ship, marking a new era in the space tourism business.
The spacecraft, carrying billionaire e-commerce executive Jared Isaacman and three less-wealthy private citizens he chose to join him, lifted off on Wednesday night (00:03 GMT Thursday) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.