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Next Stop: Space Launch Complex 40

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew, including astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, departed Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and are now on their way across the Florida spaceport to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. […] The post…

Next Stop: Space Launch Complex 40

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts prepared to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, en route to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The crew, comprising Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk, and Sergey Teteryatnikov, waved goodbye to family, friends, and support team members gathered at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building before departing.

The crew members climbed into customized electric vehicles and began a 20-minute journey through the Florida spaceport, accompanied by a convoy of support team members and security personnel. Upon reaching Space Launch Complex 40, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft awaited the arrival of the crew.

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