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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Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the scheduled 11:10 a.m. EDT launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.