Updated
Updated · www1.ru · Sep 23
Russian Cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov Joins Oct. 1 Crew-13 ISS Launch After 19-Day Delay
Updated
Updated · www1.ru · Sep 23

Russian Cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov Joins Oct. 1 Crew-13 ISS Launch After 19-Day Delay

3 articles · Updated · www1.ru · Sep 23

Summary

  • Oct. 1 is the new launch date for Sergey Teteryatnikov’s trip to the ISS aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, with liftoff set for 18:10 Moscow time from Cape Canaveral.
  • The four-person Crew-13 mission also includes NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and CSA astronaut Joshua Coutrick; the crew is already in quarantine and due at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 26.
  • A 19-day delay pushed the mission back from Sept. 12 after an oxidizer leak was found in Dragon’s propulsion system, according to an earlier mission update.
  • The flight continues a July 2022 Roscosmos-NASA cross-flight agreement; Anna Kikina became the first Russian cosmonaut to reach the ISS on Crew Dragon with Crew-5 in October 2022.

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