SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS; One will miss birth of his child
The four astronauts will spend about six months on the station, and the 7-hour-50-minute trip would be SpaceX’s fastest Crew Dragon transit yet.
- On Thursday, October 1, 2026, SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-13 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after a three-week delay, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Dragon Grace.
- Commander Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a spaceflight crew to orbit, guides the team alongside NASA pilot Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
- During the mission, Kutryk will become the fourth person to become a father while orbiting Earth, with his wife, Heather, expected to give birth to their third child in late November.
- Docking at the Harmony module is scheduled for around 7 p.m. ET, with the 7 hours and 50 minutes transit marking the fastest Crew Dragon flight to the station.
- Embracing their Crew-13 designation, the crew incorporated elements of the historic 1970 Apollo 13 mission into their patch to honor the resilience and grit of the previous astronauts.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida on Thursday with the crew of Crew-13. The astronauts will take over the Crew-12 mission, of which Frenchwoman Sophie Adenot was a member.Two astronauts (of American nationality), a Canadian and a cosmonaut (the term used for Russian travellers) flew on Thursday to the International Space Station (ISS). They will stay there for about six months. The take-off of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying this …
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By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts blasted off Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for NASA after a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s leaking fuel system. Although their stay at...
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