Commercial Crew-13 Astronauts in VAB

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney meet with teams from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The astronauts also viewed NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, currently undergoing prelaunch processing. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.