A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 1, 2026, NASA reported. The spacecraft is carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for a long-duration science mission.

According to NASA, the crew was expected to dock at the station at 7 p.m. EDT. The agency said it would stream the arrival across multiple platforms, with its live broadcast beginning at 5:20 p.m. EDT. The photo accompanying the announcement was credited to NASA photographer Joel Kowsky.