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.

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-11 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, and the spacecraft is now en route to the International Space Station (ISS).

A SpaceX rocket carrying four crew members to the International Space Station took off from Florida after its planned launch was scrubbed Thursday. CBS News' Mark Strassmann and Bill Harwood report.