佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角，10月1日：周四，一枚SpaceX火箭从佛罗里达州发射升空，搭载了两名美国宇航员、一名加拿大宇航员和一名俄罗斯宇航员，他们将前往国际空间站执行一项与人类在太空中的健康与表现相关的科学任务。
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Oct 1 : A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday with a crew of two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for a science mission devoted to human health and performance in orbit.
这枚两级结构的Falcon 9火箭顶部装有由自主控制系统驱动的Crew Dragon太空舱，四人乘组就位于该太空舱内。火箭从位于佛罗里达州大西洋沿岸的卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地发射升空。
The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four-member crew, was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, along Florida's Atlantic Coast. A live webcast showed the 25-story-tall spacecraft thundering off the launch pad as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing, incandescent plumes of vapor.
现场直播显示，这艘高达25层的航天器在发射台上轰鸣着升空；火箭上的九台Merlin发动机同时启动，喷出滚滚的火焰与炽热的蒸汽。
If all goes as planned, Falcon 9's reusable lower-stage booster will separate from the rest of the vehicle within three minutes of launch and fly itself back to Earth for a return landing, while the rocket's upper stage climbs higher, carrying the Crew Dragon toward orbit.
如果一切按计划进行，Falcon 9火箭的可重复使用的下部助推器将在发射后三分钟内与火箭主体分离，并自行返回地球进行着陆；而火箭的上部则将继续上升，将Crew Dragon太空舱送入轨道。
The capsule is expected to thrust itself into orbit about nine minutes after launch and begin the cruise phase of its eight-hour voyage to the space station.
预计太空舱将在发射后约九分钟进入轨道，并开始其长达八小时的太空之旅。它计划在美国东部时间晚上7点（格林尼治标准时间23:00）与位于地球上方约250英里（420公里）处的国际空间站对接。
Docking with the orbiting laboratory platform some 250 miles (420 km) above Earth is planned for about 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT).
此次任务标志着NASA第13支长期驻扎在国际空间站的宇航员团队。自2002年SpaceX公司由埃隆·马斯克创立以来，该公司已多次使用自己的火箭将美国宇航员送入轨道；SpaceX还在今年7月完成了创纪录的首次公开募股（IPO）。
The mission marks the 13th long-duration space station team that NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle since the rocket venture founded in 2002 by Elon Musk began sending US astronauts to orbit in May 2020. The company went public in a record-breaking IPO in July.
此次发射还发生在SpaceX发射其新一代Starship航天器的几天之后——那次发射是Starship的首次轨道飞行，同时也是该公司自2023年以来进行的第14次无人驾驶测试飞行。
The launch also comes days after SpaceX launched its next-generation Starship spacecraft on its first trip to orbit and first commercial satellite deployment, marking the vehicle's 14th uncrewed test flight since 2023.
第13批宇航员团队由38岁的杰西卡·沃特金斯（Jessica Watkins）领导；她原本是一名地质学家，后来成为宇航员，这是她第二次进入太空，同时也是首位两次乘坐“Crew Dragon”飞船执行任务的NASA宇航员。坐在她旁边的飞行员座位上的是47岁的卢克·德莱尼（Luke Delaney），他同样来自NASA，曾担任试飞员和战斗机飞行员，这是他的首次太空之旅。
Crew 13 is led by geologist-turned-astronaut Jessica Watkins, 38, making her second voyage to space and becoming the first NASA astronaut to fly twice aboard a Crew Dragon. Seated beside her in the pilot's chair is fellow NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, 47, a former test pilot and fighter pilot making his debut in space.
第13批宇航员团队还包括另外两名经验丰富的宇航员：44岁的加拿大宇航员约书亚·库特里克（Joshua Kutryk，也曾担任试飞员和战斗机飞行员），以及37岁的俄罗斯宇航员谢尔盖·捷捷里亚特尼科夫（Sergey Teteryatnikov），他是一名专门研究潜艇操作的工程师。
Rounding out Crew 13 are two other spaceflight rookies ranked as mission specialists — Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, 44, a former test and fighter pilot, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, 37, an engineer who specialized in the operation of submarines.
这四位新成员将在空间站上与现有的七名宇航员会合，其中包括第12批宇航队的四名成员；他们的为期七个月以上的任务即将结束，他们将很快返回地球。
The four crewmates are to be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current occupants of the orbital outpost, including the four members of Crew-12 who are due to fly back to Earth soon as their seven-month-plus mission comes to an end.
新抵达的宇航员们将主要开展一系列生物医学和人类表现相关的研究，例如研究微重力对血液循环和血液凝固的影响，并收集健康数据，为未来的太空任务提供参考。国际空间站（ISS）的长度相当于一个足球场，是目前太空中最大的人造物体，目前由美国和俄罗斯共同运营，加拿大、日本以及11个欧洲国家也参与了该空间站的建设和维护工作。该空间站的首批设备是在25多年前发射的。NASA表示，他们致力于将空间站的运行持续到2030年。
The latest arrivals are expected to focus their attention on a series of biomedical and human performance studies, including research on how microgravity affects blood circulation and clotting, and gathering health data to inform future space missions. The ISS, which spans the length of a football field and ranks as the largest human-made object in space, has been continuously operated by a US-Russian-led consortium that includes Canada, Japan and 11 European countries. The first hardware for the outpost was launched more than a quarter-century ago. NASA has said it is committed to keeping the space station operating through 2030.