NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Finishes Training in California | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Finishes Training in California | International Space Station

Members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 pose for a portrait after completing training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are NASA astronaut and crew commander Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut and pilot Luke Delaney, plus mission specialists Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk.

The Crew-13 emblem is added to others on display at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California, headquaters after their crew Dragon spacecraft training is finished. From left are NASA astronaut and crew commander Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut and pilot Luke Delaney, plus mission specialists Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk.

Crew-13 members and SpaceX employees at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 emblem

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 completed training in Hawthorne, California this past week. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to launch a Dragon spacecraft and four crew members from three space agencies to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition no earlier than mid-September 2026.

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. They will be joined by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia that will serve as mission specialists. After arriving at the orbiting laboratory, Crew-13 will become members of the space station’s Expedition 75.

This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). NASA is advancing the launch date of Crew-13 from November to help increase the frequency of U.S. crew rotation missions to the space station. The crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and benefit people on Earth.

This will be the second flight to the space station for Watkins. She will be the first NASA astronaut to launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft twice.

This is the first spaceflight for Delaney, Kutryk, and Teteryatnikov. 

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.

Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:
https://www.nasa.gov/station

Image Credit: SpaceX
Release Date: Aug. 4, 2026

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