NASA's SpaceX Crew-13

The payload

13th commercial crew rotation to the ISS, no earlier than late September 2026, moved up from November to raise rotation cadence: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins (commander) and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov

Status history

1. 19 Aug 2026No earlier than 12 September re-confirmed on NASA's Crew-13 mission page; NASA publishes no launch time yet.
2. 21 Aug 2026Holding: NASA's Crew-13 mission page still reads no earlier than 12 September, with no launch time.
3. 22 Aug 2026Holding: NASA's Crew-13 mission page still reads no earlier than 12 September, with no launch time.
4. 29 Aug 2026Holding: NASA's Crew-13 mission page still reads no earlier than 12 September, with no launch time. The crew assignments release phrases it no earlier than mid-September, a wording variance between NASA pages rather than a slip.
5. 5 Sep 2026Slipped: NASA announced on 29 August that the launch date is moving to address an oxidizer leak on Dragon's propulsion system found during standard prelaunch processing; the mission page now reads no earlier than late September 2026, and a new target date is to be announced.

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