In an Oct. 1, 2026 report, NASA said Crew-13 launched that morning and its Dragon spacecraft was scheduled to dock at about 7 p.m. EDT, bringing four astronauts to Expedition 75.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on October 1, 2026, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station.
NASA's October 2026 skywatching guide notes Saturn at opposition on Oct. 4, the Orionid meteor shower peaking Oct. 21–22, and the Moon passing near the Pleiades on Oct. 27–28.
NASA reported that SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage landed at Landing Zone 40 in Florida and the second stage shut down, with Dragon set to separate and continue to the International Space Station.
NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos' Sergey Teteryatnikov lifted off from Florida on a Falcon 9 and Dragon, beginning a journey of about seven hours and 50 minutes to the International Space Station.
In an Oct. 1, 2026 update, NASA said the SpaceX Crew-13 launch to the International Space Station was less than five minutes away and proceeding on schedule. The source did not report a later outcome.
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.
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.
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.
NASA astronauts and international crewmates boarded SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on October 1, 2026, ahead of the planned Crew-13 launch to the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov prepared their SpaceX spacesuits at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Crew-13 launch to the International Space Station.
A composite photo published October 1, 2026, shows the full moon rising over Sicily near Nicosia, with ash and gas from Mount Etna in the background and the Belt of Venus low in the sky.
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