Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station on Friday, getting a lift from SpaceX.The U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four rocketed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched another crew to the International Space Station on Friday, as the space agency is losing about one-fifth of its workforce.

SpaceX has launched its 11th manned mission to the International Space Station: The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off shortly before noon local time on Friday, Aug. 1, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida,