NASA and SpaceX Send Crew-13 to the International Space Station
Four astronauts launched from Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket for a mission to the orbiting laboratory.
NASA and SpaceX launched the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. They are traveling to the space station as part of NASA’s commercial crew program.
The astronauts will join the current residents aboard the ISS for a period of scientific research and station maintenance.
Source: NASA