NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Reaches Orbit, News Conference at 1:10 p.m. EDT
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft 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 has safely reached orbit, separated from the Falcon 9’s second stage, and the spacecraft’s nosecone has opened. A postlaunch news conference will be held at approximately […] The…
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lofted a Dragon spacecraft into orbit on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, carrying four astronauts: NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos's Sergey Teteryatnikov. The spacecraft successfully separated from the Falcon 9's second stage and its nosecone opened, signifying that it had reached orbit.
A press conference is scheduled at 1:10 p.m. EDT at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, featuring representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and SpaceX. The postlaunch news conference will be broadcast on NASA's YouTube channel. The Crew-13 mission is expected to take about 8 hours to reach the International Space Station, with docking forecasted for 7 p.m. this makes the quickest launch-to-docking in the history of the ISS.
For updates on mission activities, visit the International Space Station blog, and follow @NASAKennedy, @Space_Station on X, and NASA's Kennedy and ISS on Facebook.
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