NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission launches four astronauts to space station

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On October 1, 2026, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft is carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station. The crew consists of NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. This joint mission continues the international partnership supporting operations aboard the orbital laboratory.

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