NASA to provide update as SpaceX Crew-13 prepares for mission to International Space Station
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Another group of astronauts is getting ready to head to the International Space Station.
NASA will hold a briefing on Monday to discuss the upcoming Crew-13 mission that will send a four-person crew to the ISS.
The mission, targeted for mid-September, will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
The crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Meet the members of the Crew-13 mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 members are pictured in their pressure suits seated inside a mockup Dragon spacecraft during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA
The four-person crew selected for the mission include:
Jessica Watkins, a NASA astronaut, who will serve as commander of the mission.
Luke Delaney, a NASA astronaut, who will serve as pilot.
Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, who will serve as a mission specialist.
Sergey Teteryatnikov, a Roscosmos cosmonaut from Russia, who will also serve as a mission specialist.
The Source: This story was written with information released by NASA.