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NASA Sets Launch Milestones for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission was scheduled to lift off at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, with a timeline of crew preparations and post-liftoff events.
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NASA Unveils Two Science Initiatives at White House Summit
NASA announced a metascience push expanding dual anonymous peer review and a fellowship program for 10 doctoral students, presented alongside the White House science summit in Washington.
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Crew-13 on schedule for 11:10 a.m. EDT launch from Cape Canaveral
NASA reported on Oct. 1, 2026, that Crew-13 remained on schedule, with Falcon 9 second-stage fuel loading complete and liquid oxygen loading under way about 20 minutes before the planned liftoff.
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Webb image shows galaxy cluster warping distant light
NASA released a James Webb Space Telescope image on Sept. 29, 2026, showing the galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, where gravitational lensing bends and magnifies light from galaxies far behind the cluster.
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Falcon 9 Reaches Main Engine Cutoff, Stages Separate During NASA Crew Launch
NASA's launch blog reported that SpaceX's Falcon 9 reached first stage main engine cutoff and stage separation, with the first stage heading for a landing at Cape Canaveral.
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NASA's Overlap Zoo Asks Volunteers to Find Backlit Galaxy Pairs
A new NASA citizen-science project, Overlap Zoo, invites volunteers to confirm and describe overlapping galaxy pairs, whose backlit dust can be studied as dark silhouettes.
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SpaceX Crew-13 reaches orbit with four astronauts bound for ISS
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched from Cape Canaveral and reached orbit, with a fast docking planned and a postlaunch briefing following.
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Hatch closed on Dragon spacecraft ahead of Crew-13 launch
Ahead of a planned 11:10 a.m. EDT liftoff, teams closed the hatch on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft Grace with four crew members aboard. Weather at the launch pad remains under watch.
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NASA Opens Final Competition for Commercial Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit
NASA issued a final Request for Proposals for commercial space stations to succeed the International Space Station, with proposals due Dec. 8 and contract awards expected in spring 2027.
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SpaceX Crew-13 Falcon 9 fueling underway after Dragon cleared for launch
NASA reported that SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was cleared for launch on the Crew-13 mission as Falcon 9 fueling began at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-13: Four Astronauts Set for Station Mission
NASA has introduced the four-member Crew-13 team bound for the International Space Station, including a commander making her second flight and two astronauts on their first spaceflights.
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NASA tests pressure-sensitive paint on moving model wing
NASA Langley used unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint on a Benchmark Supercritical Wing in its Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, the technique's first use on a large-scale, freely moving model in a low-oxygen environment.