NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 On Way to Kennedy
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members are on their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov took off in T-38s from Ellington Field near the agency’s Johnson […] The post NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13, comprising astronaut Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, mission specialist Joshua Kutryk from the Canadian Space Agency, and cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov from Roscosmos, is en route to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew is currently being transported via T-38s from Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Upon arrival at NASA Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility around 1 p.m. EDT, they will be welcomed by NASA Kennedy and Low Earth Orbit Program personnel. Following the arrival, the crew members will meet with reporters at a media event, which will be broadcast live on NASA Kennedy’s YouTube channel. Post the media event, the astronauts will proceed to the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for quarantine and prelaunch preparations.
Crew-13 is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 11:10 a.m. on Thursday, October 1, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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