NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 launches to the International Space Station with a record-fast docking plan

1 October 2026

Four Crew-13 members launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, 1 October 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The crew is NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
Dragon's flight is expected to take approximately 7 hours 50 minutes, with autonomous docking planned for approximately 7 p.m., which NASA says would make it the fastest launch-to-docking by a U.S. spacecraft in the history of the ISS.
They are due to join the Expedition 75 crew.
After a brief handover, Crew-12 will return to Earth.
Research includes human stem cell-derived tissues for conditions such as heart disease and Parkinson's.