A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft atop carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of launch on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft atop carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of launch on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
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Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew spacecraft Grace, with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, is now less than five minutes away. Everything is proceeding according to schedule, and all is looking good for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.