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This marks the second-ever crewed mission for Elon Musk's private space-faring firm SpaceX, after the successful launch and return of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley with the Demo-2 mission this summer. It is also the culmination of years of collaboration between NASA and the private sector as part of an effort to bring launch capabilities back to U.S. soil and end a dependency on Russia for trips to the International Space Station.

In an election year that saw a record-breaking number of women and women of color candidates run, it appears Congress will likely have a somewhat more diverse makeup in 2021. Cori Bush, a progressive activist who unseated a longtime Democratic incumbent in August in Missouri's 1st Congressional District, won her general election race Tuesday, making her the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. Marilyn Strickland, the two-time former Democratic mayor of Tacoma, Washington, won her race in Washington's 10th Congressional District, making her the first African-American member of the Washington state delegation and the first African-American from the Pacific Northwest in Congress, according to her campaign.

The United States surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, less than a week after it reached 10 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. leads the world in both cases and in deaths, with 246,006 fatalities, according to the data. Saturday marked the eleventh consecutive day with over 100,000 COVID-19 cases recorded, health data showed.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized in the spring for the coronavirus, is self-isolating after he was exposed to a Member of Parliament who contracted the virus, British officials announced Sunday. Johnson met on Thursday with a group of members of Parliament that included Lee Anderson, who later tested positive, according to a spokesperson from Downing Street. The meeting lasted for 35 minutes, according to the spokesperson.

Following President-elect Joe Biden's projected win in Georgia, Democrats are hoping voters will be inspired to turn out for the Democratic challengers in the state's two Senate runoff elections. "What we're feeling for the first time in four years is hope -- is the recognition that with (President Donald) Trump departing, we have the opportunity to define the next chapter in American history, to lead out of this crisis, but only by winning the Senate seats," Georgia Democratic senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff told ABC's "This Week" Co-anchor Martha Raddatz. Ossoff faces Sen. David Perdue, and Democrat Raphael Warnock is up against Sen. Kelly Loeffler, in races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate.