A NASA commercial crew blog post published Oct. 1, 2026 stated that the SpaceX Crew-13 launch was then about an hour away, with liftoff set for 11:10 a.m. EDT. The post described the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft as standing vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the Thursday of publication.

According to the post, the crew comprised NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. NASA said its closeout team had left the crew access arm, which was expected to retract from the Dragon spacecraft.

The post pointed readers to NASA's live coverage page and the agency's Kennedy Space Center social media accounts for further launch coverage and to the mission page for details on the crew and mission. It described the countdown as continuing. The post did not report a launch outcome.