Launch Day for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Mission
About 4.5 hours from now, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff aboard a SpaceX […] The post Launch Day…
NASA and SpaceX have finalized their review and have given the "go" for the upcoming Crew-13 mission, set to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will be carried out aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a Dragon spacecraft atop, and will send a crew of astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos on their way to the International Space Station.
The team has now moved forward with the countdown, aiming for liftoff no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 1. A news conference with mission leaders will take place at 6 p.m. and will be streamed on NASA’s YouTube channel. Notable participants include NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, SpaceX vice president William Gerstenmaier, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk.
The live launch coverage will begin at 9:20 a.m. EDT on October 1 and can be accessed through various channels. For updates on the mission, follow along on the mission blog, @NASAKennedy on X, or NASA Kennedy on Facebook.
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