The South Windsor High grad was among four people in the Falcon 9 rocket that launched around 5:15 a.m. Friday.

The crew of two U.S. NASA astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the ISS for an eight-month science mission.

This is Meir’s second trip to the Internation Space Station.

The US, French and Russian astronauts were dispatched early because of a medical issue with a crew member on the station.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission will be an eight-month-long mission ivolving variety of science experiments to research on future Moon and Mars missions.

The replacements for the astronauts involved in NASA's first medical evacuation are on their way to the International Space ...