A close-up view of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft mounted atop a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad. The capsule and trunk are connected to ground support hardware, with NASA and mission insignia visible on the rocket’s exterior against a bright blue sky. in the foreground in the American flag.
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Ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in this Sept. 27, 2026, photo.

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NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station for a long-duration science mission on Oct. 1.

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