A round-up of this morning's SpaceX launchpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time
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We're going to be closing our live coverage shortly, following the successful launch of four private astronauts into space.
- Blast off took place at 10:23 BST (05:23 EDT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- It followed an almost two-hour delay due to "unfavourable weather" conditions
- It marks the start of SpaceX's five-day Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to test new spacesuit designs and conduct the first private spacewalk
- The four crew on board are billionaire Jared Isaacman, retired US Air Force Lt Colonel Scott Poteet, and mission specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon
- You can track the progress of the Polaris Dawn mission via SpaceX's tracking site, external
Thank you for following our live coverage. You can re-watch the moment the crew were propelled into space here.