SpaceX launches another crew to space station for NASA

SpaceX launched another set of astronauts to the International Space Station early Thursday, after a problem with a ground system delayed the launch earlier in the week. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:34 a.m. from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They are expected to reach the orbital outpost early Friday to begin a six-month stay.

tips

crew：全体人员，全体剧组人员

astronaut：宇航员

ground system：地面系统

falcon：猎鹰

lift off：升空（lift：电梯）

Kennedy Space Center：弗罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心

launch pad：发射台（pad：垫子；步行）

cosmonaut：宇航员（cosmo：宇宙（星矢小宇宙）；naut：船员）

outpost：前哨，前哨部队（post：邮政，哨所）