NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Suited, Ready for Their Ride to Launch Pad
Just moments ago, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew began the walk that every NASA astronaut has made since Apollo 7 in 1968, heading to the elevator and down through the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before leaving the suit-up room, the crew completed […] The post NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Suited, Ready for Their Ride…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members are set to board their spacecraft for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. The astronauts, following a tradition dating back to Apollo 7, have just completed their final walk from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the elevator, passing through the double doors leading to the crew quarters suit-up room.
Before departing, they engaged in a card game, a ritual dating back to the space shuttle era, believed to dispel bad luck and ensure a successful mission. The crew's final words of good fortune will come from their commander, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who will lose the game. The Crew-13 mission will utilize SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft Grace, which previously traveled to and from the International Space Station as part of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 4.
Soon, the crew will bid farewell to loved ones and receive well-wishes before transferring to customized electric crew transport vehicles for a 20-minute ride to launch pad Space Launch Complex 40.
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