NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Prepares for Launch | International Space Station
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins waves as she and fellow crewmates NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Space Launch Complex 40 during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-13 mission launch, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, right, Luke Delaney, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
NASA astronaut Luke Delaney is seen as he and fellow crewmates NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia is seen as he and fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is seen as he and fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, right, Luke Delaney, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026.
With the rocket on the launch pad, the four-person crew for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station participated in a dry dress rehearsal Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia, spent the morning in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, donning spacesuits and completing air leak checks. Once suited, they boarded vehicles and traveled to Space Launch Complex 40, where they entered the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that will take them to the space station.
Crew-13 is scheduled to launch to the station no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 1, for a long-duration science mission.
After Crew-13 arrives aboard the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members will help familiarize the new crew with ongoing science and station maintenance activities for a smooth transition of operations. Following this brief handover, and pending weather conditions, Crew-12, including NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, will board its SpaceX spacecraft and head for a splashdown off the coast of California.
For more than 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that enable us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon as we prepare for Mars.
Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Jessica Meir
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
NASA Flight Engineers: Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon
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 Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky, SpaceX
Dates: Sept. 27 & 29, 2026
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