Crew-13 Space Station mission prepares for October 1 launch
From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. (Credit: CSA, SpaceX)
NASA and SpaceX have announced that they are targeting ET as the earliest launch date for the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. The mission team will now complete a series of prelaunch activities and reviews to confirm mission readiness.
For an launch, Crew-13 is expected to arrive at the Station less than 9 hours later, with a planned docking at approximately ET.
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and his crewmates, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, will live and work on the Station for approximately six months. The crew is currently in quarantine at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas – a standard procedure for astronauts before a space mission.