周四，一支四人机组从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地搭乘火箭入轨，前往国际空间站执行为期六个月的任务。
A four-person crew rocketed into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, heading for a six-month expedition on the International Space Station.
四名机组成员乘坐“猎鹰9”火箭和“龙”飞船，于周四美国东部时间上午11:10（协调世界时15:10）从卡纳维拉尔角40号航天发射复合体发射升空。九分钟后，他们进入轨道，开始向空间站靠近，计划于周四晚间对接。
Riding a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, the four crew members departed from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral at 11:10 am EDT (15:10 UTC) Thursday. Nine minutes later, they were in orbit to begin closing in on the space station for docking Thursday evening.
此次发射原定于9月中旬进行，因需更换“龙”飞船推进系统中一个故障阀门而推迟，该任务涉及切开飞船内部的推进剂管路以更换故障部件。
The launch was delayed from mid-September to replace a balky valve in the Dragon spacecraft's propulsion system, a task that involved cutting into a propellant line inside the ship to swap out a faulty component.