NASA's SpaceX Crew-13

The payload

13th commercial crew rotation to the ISS, no earlier than early October 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.
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.

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