In a report published September 17, 2026, NASA said the four members of its SpaceX Crew-13 mission entered quarantine late Thursday at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, while NASA and SpaceX were targeting an early October launch to the International Space Station.

The crew comprises NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. Under the routine prelaunch quarantine, they were to limit in-person contact, with most interactions handled remotely; family members and selected mission-related personnel had to undergo medical screening before meeting them. NASA says the practice, begun during the Apollo Program, reduces the risk of preflight illness and prevents symptoms from developing during flight.

Before quarantine, the crew completed preflight training at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California, facility and a daylong Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, donning spacesuits, entering the Dragon spacecraft, conducting suit leak checks and verifying seat fit. Once aboard the station, Crew-13 was to join Expedition 75 and conduct science experiments aimed at advancing research for Moon and Mars missions and improving life on Earth.