A Pittsburgh-area native is piloting the SpaceX Falcon 9 flight to the International Space Station. A crew of four rocketed off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 11:43 a.m. on Friday, running a day late after Thursday's launch was scrubbed when thick clouds rolled in at the one-minute, 7-second mark.

NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research.

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,