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  • Weather 60% ‘Go’ for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Launch

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on the launch pad at sunrise, with the crew access arm extended to the spacecraft and surrounding support towers silhouetted against a blue and orange sky.

    The U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 60% chance of favorable weather for Thursday’s launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. The primary weather concerns are the cumulus cloud rule and flight through precipitation. The Crew-13 mission will launch NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and […]

  • NASA, SpaceX Complete Crew-13 Dry Dress Rehearsal

    A close-up view of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft mounted atop a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad. The capsule and trunk are connected to ground support hardware, with NASA and mission insignia visible on the rocket’s exterior against a bright blue sky.

    With the rocket on the launch pad, the four-person crew for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station participated in a dry dress rehearsal Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, […]

  • Fifth Balloon of NASA Scientific Balloon Campaign Launches

    The Mullenax Test Flight was launched on a scientific balloon from NASA's launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 7:57 a.m. MDT (9:57 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 28, 2026. The mission served as a training and hardware-testing platform for meteorology and rigging personnel while also carrying a mix of university and student-built science projects and experimental smart-camera technology.

    The balloon and payload reached a float altitude of around 105,900 feet, and flew for a total of 10 hours, 14 minutes. 

    A scientific balloon payload suspended in the air by cables attached to the arm of a launch vehicle. The main payload features a metal frame holding white boxes and instruments, with brown, honeycomb-like crush pads attached to the bottom. A smaller, striped payload hangs directly beneath the main structure. The equipment is silhouetted against a bright blue sky with wispy clouds and a golden sunrise glow on the horizon over a flat, grassy landscape.
    The Mullenax Test Flight payload hangs suspended from a launch vehicle shortly before its morning liftoff from Fort Sumner on Sept. 28, 2026 as part of the fall scientific balloon campaign.
    NASA
  • NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad

    A rocket stands vertical at the launch pad, connected to the launch tower by a crew access arm.

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission rolled out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Sept. 27. Teams raised the rocket to vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40, where it will await liftoff no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday, […]

  • NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Lands at NASA Kennedy

    Four astronauts in blue flight suits stand next to a banner in front of NASA jets on a runway.

    NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 12:56 p.m. EDT, following a flight from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston that included a brief refueling stopover in Mississippi. A crew arrival media […]

  • NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 On Way to Kennedy

    Four astronauts in white spacesuits in front of a black background in a photo collage.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members are on their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov took off in T-38s from Ellington Field near the agency’s Johnson […]

  • Two More NASA Balloons Remain for Fall Campaign

    A large scientific balloon being inflated with helium during launch preparations, with ground crew and support vehicles visible below against a clear blue sky

    NASA’s Balloon Program is past the halfway point for the fall campaign in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Four missions have successfully launched from the launch site, with two more lined up in the coming weeks. Hurricane Polo is affecting the upper-level winds near the launch site and the team is evaluating launch opportunities for the […]