NASA SpaceX Crew-13 Launch: Time, Crew and How to Watch
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission is targeting liftoff no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT (15:10 UTC) on Thursday, Oct. 1, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Four people will ride a SpaceX Dragon to the International Space Station for a long stay. The U.S. Space Force gives a 60% chance of good weather, so the time could slip.
Status as of Sept. 30 (UTC): the rocket is on the pad, and the crew finished a dry dress rehearsal on Sept. 29.
Launch time in your country
Docking is targeted for about 23:00 UTC. At 7 hours 50 minutes from launch, NASA says it would be the fastest trip to the station by a U.S. spacecraft.
| Where | Launch | Docking |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | 15:10 | 23:00 |
| New York, Florida | 11:10 a.m. | 7:00 p.m. |
| Texas, Illinois | 10:10 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. |
| Alberta, Colorado | 9:10 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. |
| California, British Columbia | 8:10 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. |
| UK, Nigeria | 4:10 p.m. | Midnight (Oct. 2) |
| France, Germany, South Africa | 5:10 p.m. | 1:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kenya | 6:10 p.m. | 2:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| UAE, Oman | 7:10 p.m. | 3:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Pakistan | 8:10 p.m. | 4:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| India | 8:40 p.m. | 4:30 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Bangladesh | 9:10 p.m. | 5:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | 10:10 p.m. | 6:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, China | 11:10 p.m. | 7:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Japan, South Korea | 12:10 a.m. (Oct. 2) | 8:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
| Sydney, Melbourne | 1:10 a.m. (Oct. 2) | 9:00 a.m. (Oct. 2) |
These are targets. NASA posts changes on its commercial crew blog.
How to watch
- Launch: NASA's coverage starts at 9:20 a.m. EDT (13:20 UTC). Watch on NASA+ or through nasa.gov/live, which lists every platform, YouTube included.
- Pad view: a live feed of the launch pad starts about six hours before liftoff on NASA Kennedy's YouTube channel.
- Docking: arrival coverage starts at 5:20 p.m. EDT (21:20 UTC). Hatch opening and welcome remarks are planned for about 8:45 p.m. EDT (00:45 UTC on Oct. 2).
Who is flying
- Jessica Watkins (NASA), commander. A geologist who worked on the Curiosity rover science team, she spent 170 days on the station in 2022. She becomes the first NASA astronaut to launch twice on a SpaceX Dragon.
- Luke Delaney (NASA), pilot. A retired Marine Corps major, naval aviator and test pilot selected in 2021. First spaceflight.
- Joshua Kutryk (Canadian Space Agency), mission specialist. A former CF-18 fighter pilot from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. First spaceflight.
- Sergey Teteryatnikov (Roscosmos), mission specialist. A former naval engineer and test cosmonaut since 2023. First spaceflight.
Their spacecraft is Dragon Grace, which last flew the private Axiom Mission 4 in 2025. NASA says the crew will help researchers study human stem-cell tissues that could improve treatment of heart disease and Parkinson's disease, explore crop growth for longer missions, study blood-flow problems seen in space and test new medical diagnostic equipment.
What happens next
- After docking, Crew-13 joins the seven people already aboard (Expedition 75) for a short handover.
- The outgoing Crew-12 (Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev) is expected to begin its trip home no earlier than Monday, Oct. 5, splashing down off California.
