Irish schoolgirls' experiment blasts off on journey to International Space Station

The crew for the SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station: Mission Specialist Thomas Pesquet of the (ESA (European Space Agency); Pilot Megan McArthur of NASA; Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA; and Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

A computer experiment by two Irish schoolgirls is being transported to the International Space Station.

The third crewed mission to the International Space Station by Elon Musk's private SpaceX company, which lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre this morning, is carrying with it a computer experiment by two 17-year-old girls.