NASA's SpaceX Crew-13

The payload

13th commercial crew rotation to the ISS, launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT (15:10 UTC) on Thursday 1 October 2026 from Space Launch Complex 40, with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins (commander) and Luke Delaney (pilot), CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. Dragon docked to the forward port of the Harmony module at 7:05 p.m. EDT (23:05 UTC), and NASA wrote: "At 7-hours and 55-minutes, this marked the fastest launch-to-docking of a U.S. spacecraft in the history of the International Space Station." The hatch opened at 9:19 p.m. EDT (01:19 UTC on 2 October) and the four joined Expedition 75. SpaceX records that this Dragon previously flew Ax-4 and that the first stage, on its third flight, landed at Landing Zone 40.

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.
6. 18 Sep 2026Moved again: NASA's Crew-13 mission page now reads no earlier than early October 2026, and the Commercial Crew blog of 17 September confirms the crew has entered quarantine with NASA and SpaceX targeting an early October launch.
7. 27 Sep 2026Go: NASA, SpaceX and the international partners polled go at the Flight Readiness Review on 25 September. NASA's mission page and space station blog give launch at 11:10 EDT (15:10 UTC) on Thursday 1 October from Space Launch Complex 40, with docking planned for about 20:00 EDT at Harmony's forward-facing port.
8. 2 Oct 2026Launched: Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 at 11:10 a.m. EDT (15:10 UTC) on 1 October, Dragon docked to Harmony's forward port at 7:05 p.m. EDT (23:05 UTC), and the hatch opened at 9:19 p.m. EDT (01:19 UTC on 2 October). NASA calls the 7 hours 55 minutes the fastest launch-to-docking of a US spacecraft in the station's history.

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