Meet the astronauts: NASA's SpaceX Crew-13

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will send three astronauts and one cosmonaut to the International Space Station for a six-month expedition.

Launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for no earlier than Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at 11:10 a.m. EDT (1510 UTC). The mission is comprised of Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut and mission commander; Luke Delaney, NASA astronaut and mission pilot; Joshua Kutryk, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut and mission specialist; and Sergey Teteryatnikov, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist.

Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith sits down with the crew to learn their stories and aspirations for their mission and br…