Washington (AFP) – The first fully private mission to the International Space Station blasted off from Florida Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as “Low Earth Orbit,” leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious endeavors deeper into the cosmos. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor launched at 11:17 am (1517 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center. “We’re taking commercial business off the face of the Earth and putting …