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On October 1, SpaceX launched its 13th long-duration astronaut crew to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Crew Dragon capsule carried two U.S., one Canadian, and one Russian astronaut for scientific research on human health in space. This mission marks NASA’s continued reliance on SpaceX since May 2020; it also follows SpaceX's recent successful test flights of its Starship spacecraft.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-01,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian astronaut and former Royal Canadian Air Force colonel, launched into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, October 5th, at 11:10 AM ET. Kutryk is part of the SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) alongside NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, as well as Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. The launch was delayed due to a fuel system leak but ultimately proceeded successfully despite inclement weather conditions. Kutryk's former Grade 6 teacher Ted Hupé, now retired, watched the launch live from Canada. During their six-month mission aboard the ISS, the astronauts will conduct various scientific experiments focusing on human health and performance in space. Notably, Kutryk’s wife is expecting to give birth while he is away on his long-duration mission, marking him as the fourth Canadian astronaut to undertake such a prolonged stay at the ISS since 2004 when NASA established a radio link between astronauts and their families for significant life events. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully carried the crew into orbit, with the reusable booster returning safely to Earth after separation. The Crew Dragon capsule docked with the ISS around 7 PM ET on Thursday, completing an approximately eight-hour journey from launch to docking.
Written for “SpaceX Launch To ISS” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 19 other(s) covering the same event.
SpaceX launches 13th long-duration astronaut crew to International Space Station
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A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Oct 1 with a crew of two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station (ISS) for a science mission devoted to human health and performance in orbit.
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The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four-member crew, was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, along Florida’s Atlantic Coast.
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A live webcast showed the 25-storey-tall rocket thundering off the launch pad as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing, incandescent plumes of vapour.
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Falcon 9’s reusable lower-stage booster separated from the rest of the vehicle within three minutes of launch and flew itself back to Earth for a return landing.
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The rocket’s upper stage climbed higher and released into orbit the Crew Dragon carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
“Dragon separation confirmed.
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, welcome to orbit,” SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, told the crew.
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The capsule is thrusting itself along an eight-hour orbital voyage to the space station and is set to dock with the orbiting laboratory platform some 400km above Earth around 7pm EDT (7am on Oct 2 in Singapore).
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The mission marks the 13th long-duration space station team that NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle since the rocket venture founded in 2002 by Elon Musk began sending US astronauts to orbit in May 2020.
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The company went public in a record-breaking IPO in July.
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The launch also comes days after SpaceX launched its next-generation Starship spacecraft on its first trip to orbit and first commercial satellite deployment, marking the vehicle’s 14th uncrewed test flight since 2023.
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Crew 13 is led by geologist-turned-astronaut Watkins, 38, making her second voyage to space and becoming the first NASA astronaut to fly twice aboard a Crew Dragon.
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Seated beside her in the pilot’s chair is Delaney, 47, a former test pilot and fighter pilot making his debut in space.
Rounding out Crew 13 are two other spaceflight rookies ranked as mission specialists - Kutryk, 44, a former test and fighter pilot, and Teteryatnikov, 37, an engineer who specialised in the operation of submarines.
The four crewmates are to be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current occupants of the orbital outpost, including the four members of Crew 12 who are due to fly back to Earth as soon as their seven-month-plus mission comes to an end.
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The latest arrivals are expected to focus their attention on a series of biomedical and human performance studies, including research on how microgravity affects blood circulation and clotting, and gathering health data to inform future space missions.
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The ISS, which spans the length of a football field and ranks as the largest human-made object in space, has been continuously operated by a US-Russian-led consortium that includes Canada, Japan and 11 European countries.
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The first hardware for the outpost was launched more than a quarter-century ago.
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NASA has said it is committed to keeping the space station operating through 2030.
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