NASA reported on Oct. 1, 2026, that live streaming coverage of its SpaceX Crew-13 mission had begun, with liftoff targeted for 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The plan called for a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to carry NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station.

According to the report, the mission was the 13th crew rotation flight of Dragon and Falcon 9. After arriving, the crew was to undertake a brief handover with NASA's SpaceX Crew-12. Following that handover, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev were to depart for a splashdown off the California coast, completing Crew-12's expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory.

NASA said updates would also be available on its mission blog and through @NASAKennedy on X and NASA Kennedy on Facebook.