The SpaceX closeout team left the crew access arm, which will soon retract away from the Dragon spacecraft. Launch, set for 11:10 a.m. EDT, is now a little less than an hour away. Stay with us here on the blog as the countdown continues. We’ll keep you updated on the key milestones throughout this historic […]
For over 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that help prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members are set to join this long legacy, conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory to advance research for […]
This will be the second flight to the space station for Jessica Watkins, who was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Watkins grew up in Lafayette, Colorado, and earned an undergraduate degree in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University in California, as well as a doctorate in geology from the University of California, […]
With communication checks complete, the hatch is closed on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Grace. This is the spacecraft’s second flight to the International Space Station; it made its maiden flight in 2025 on Axiom Mission 4. Liftoff for Crew-13, including NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos […]
Teams have completed several milestones since the Crew-13 cadre entered the spacecraft, including conducting communication checks between Dragon and mission control, inspecting the crew’s spacesuits for any leaks, and rotating seats into a reclined position for launch. Once the “all clear” is given, the SpaceX pad support team will close Dragon’s side hatch. After liftoff […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members now are boarding SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Before entering the spacecraft, all four crewmates signed their names inside the White Room, the area at the end of the crew access arm that leads to the spacecraft. The term “White Room” dates back to NASA’s Gemini program, and to honor this human […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew have arrived at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft stands ready for launch. In the next few minutes, the crew will take the elevator up the pad’s fixed service structure and walk down the air-conditioned crew access arm […]
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. […]
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 […]
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov are in the Astronaut Crew Quarters’ suit up room inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Florida. A team of SpaceX suit technicians is assisting as the crew members put on […]
