NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Flight Crew Arrive at Launch Pad
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew have arrived at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft stands ready for launch. In the next few minutes, the crew will take the elevator up the pad’s fixed service structure and walk down the air-conditioned crew access arm […] The post NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Flight Crew Arrive at Launch Pad…
SpaceX's Crew-13 crew has arrived at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, preparing for their launch on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The crew will soon transfer from the elevator in the fixed service structure to the crew access arm, leading to the White Room, their final stop before boarding the Dragon crew spacecraft.
This pad, known as "Slick Forty," originally built by the U.S. Air Force, first hosted a rocket launch in June 1965 and continued to support Titan rockets for the next four decades. SpaceX leased the complex in 2007, marking the beginning of commercial spaceflight, with Crew-9 marking the first crewed mission in 2024. The addition of Landing Zone 40 saw its first booster landing following Crew-12's launch in February. The pad is set to host the next liftoff around three hours from now, at 11:10 a.m. EDT.
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