NASA Unveils 4-Member SpaceX Crew-13 for Sept. 12 ISS Launch
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Updated · NASA · Aug 3
NASA Unveils 4-Member SpaceX Crew-13 for Sept. 12 ISS Launch
3 articles · Updated · NASA · Aug 3
Summary
Sept. 12 is the earliest launch date NASA gave as it introduced the four astronauts of SpaceX Crew-13 at Johnson Space Center ahead of their next International Space Station mission.
Jessica Watkins will command the Dragon flight, returning to the station with first-time space flyers Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk and Sergey Teteryatnikov.
Aboard the ISS, Expedition 75 is preparing for Crew-13’s arrival while Jessica Meir and Anil Menon ready a Thursday spacewalk to build a platform for a new roll-out solar array.
Station work also centered on health and technology research, including microgravity exercise tests, blood-pressure and hearing monitoring, and AI tools aimed at improving crew efficiency.