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Posted on 09/29/2026 11:03:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
SpaceX and NASA are targeting Thursday, October 1 for Falcon 9's launch of Dragon's 13th operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-13) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch is targeted for 11:10 a.m. ET, with a backup opportunity available on Friday, October 2 at 10:47 a.m. ET.
SpaceX's live webcast of this mission will begin about one hour prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew the Ax-4, mission to and from the space station. This will be the third flight for the first stage supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-12 and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will land on Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct new research to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit humanity on Earth.
Mission Crew
Jessica Watkins
Luke Delaney
Joshua Kutryk
Sergey Teteryantnikov
(Excerpt) Read more at spacex.com ...
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I guess they aren’t superstitious.
Musk has never been superstitious.
I’m sure the flight will go fine as usual.
We’ll see.
SpaceX has three launches scheduled for tomorrow.
Crew 13 launch, Pad 40, Florida, 8:10am Pacific Time.
Transporter 18 Mission, Vandenberg, California, 11:18 Pacific Time.
NROL-97 Mission, Pad 39A, Florida, 8:50pm Pacific Time
Amazing!
We need a new ISS since it’s old and scheduled for de-orbit.
It’s over 25 years old on orbit.
God bless all the astronauts. Cosmonauts. Taikonauts. Whatever. These men and women deserve respect.
What an amazing thing to strap yourself into a rocket and be sent into orbit, meet up with a flying spaceship, and walk in through a door. Incredible.
That's mind boggling. Prayers for safety and success.
SpaceX has made the mind boggling normal.
CC
SpaceX has made the mind boggling normal.
CC
I see FR is stuttering again this morning.
CC
Didn’t they learn from Apollo 13? Mission 13 should have been unmanned.
We need a new ISS since it’s old and scheduled for de-orbit.
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Currently, all new space stations in design require Ship to get them to orbit. That will require a fairing redesign.
Though crazy expensive, I kinda miss the Shuttle/STS capabilities.
Elon will figure this out. And my SpaceEx stock will go up.
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Indeed. Landing a re-usable booster to a spinning planet on a small pad is pretty insane.
You didn’t st..stu..st..stutter.
I had a triple post a couple a days ago. It doesn’t matter.
As any lawyer will tell you https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x9dEcjtav08
(haha - scene from My Cousin Vinny with the stuttering lawyer)
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