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What You Need to Know About NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Mission

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Briefings

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission features four crew members including Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk, and Sergey Teteryatnikov launching from Cape Canaveral on October 1, 2026. The mission aims to conduct research on heart disease, Parkinson's disease, and crop production aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 75. The crew will fly aboard the Dragon spacecraft Grace, which previously supported Axiom Mission 4 in 2025. This is the 13th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the ISS as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Office.

Key points

• Crew-13 will launch on October 1, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, joining Expedition 75 crew.
• The mission involves four crew members: Jessica Watkins (commander), Luke Delaney (pilot), Joshua Kutryk (mission specialist), and Sergey Teteryatnikov (mission specialist) from Roscosmos, NASA, and CSA respectively.

Context and limitations

The briefing is based on a single preflight training session portrait and limited text excerpt. Specific mission dates beyond the launch date are not confirmed, and the full scope of scientific experiments beyond the three mentioned is not detailed.

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