NASA's SpaceX Crew-13: Training in California | International Space Station
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins is pictured in her pressure suit during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins is pictured in her pressure suit during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins is pictured in her pressure suit.
From left, SpaceX Crew-13 Pilot Luke Delaney and Commander Jessica Watkins, both NASA astronauts, are pictured in their pressure suits.
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Pilot Luke Delaney is pictured in his pressure suit.
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Joshua Kutryk is pictured in his pressure suit.
Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Sergey Teteryatnikov is pictured in his pressure suit and seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during a training session.
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins is pictured in her pressure suit and seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
Member of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Mission are pictured during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than mid-September 2026 to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition.
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 was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Watkins grew up in Lafayette, Colorado, and earned an undergraduate degree in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University, as well as a doctorate in geology from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a geologist, she studied the Martian surface and was a member of the Curiosity rover science team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Watkins first launched to the space station as a crew member aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, spending a total of 170 days in space across Expeditions 67/68 in 2022. She will be the first NASA astronaut to launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft twice.
Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2021, Delaney earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of North Florida and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School. The Florida native is a distinguished naval aviator. As a test pilot, Delaney evaluated developmental aircraft systems and served as a test pilot instructor. He also worked as a research pilot at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where he supported airborne science missions. This is the first spaceflight for Delaney.
The Crew-13 mission also is the first spaceflight for Kutryk. Prior to his selection as a CSA astronaut in 2017, he served as a CF-18 pilot. A native of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Kutryk also worked as an experimental and operational test pilot at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta. Kutryk received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, and he is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot school in Edwards, California. He has master’s degrees in space studies, flight test engineering, and defense studies.
Crew-13 will be Teteryatnikov’s first trip to the orbiting laboratory. He graduated from the Naval Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011 as an engineer specializing in ship power plant operations. Before his selection as a test cosmonaut, Teteryatnikov served in various naval engineering roles, including undersea vessels and specialized engine room operations. He was selected for the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Corps in 2021 and has served as a test cosmonaut since 2023.
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.
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.
Image Credit: SpaceX
Image Date: April 17, 2026
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