SpaceX Launches Crew-13 Dragon to the International Space Station

Instantaneous launch window: October 1st at 11:10:06 EDT (15:10:06 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) - 51.6º orbital inclination Booster: B1101-3; 230d 4h 54min 11s turnaround Booster history: Starlink Group 6-88 and Crew-12 Booster recovery: Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) Dragon capsule: C213-2 (Grace); 443d 5h 38min 25s turnaround Capsule history: Axiom-4 Total time in flight: 20d 2h 59min 49s Capsule recovery: Shannon off the coast of California. Rocket trajectory: Northeast hugging the east coast of the United States. Mission Commander: Jessica Watkins (United States) - 2nd spaceflight. Mission Pilot: Luke Delaney (United States) - 1st spaceflight. Mission Specialist: Joshua Kutryk (Canada) - 1st spaceflight. Mission Specialist: Sergey Teteryatnikov (Russia) - 1st spaceflight Stats: SpaceX's 723rd launch overall. SpaceX's 114th launch of the year. SpaceX's 1st launch of the month. Earth's 234th orbital launch of the year. Falcon's 340th launch since the last failure. Falcon 9's 690th orbital flight. SpaceX's 346th launch from SLC-40. 7th landing on LZ-40 out of 7 attempts. 114th landing of a Falcon booster on land out of 115 attempts. 665th overall landing of a Falcon booster out of 677 attempts. 324th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one. 58th orbital flight of a Dragon spacecraft 21st human spaceflight by SpaceX. This mission will bring up to 80 the total of people sent by SpaceX to orbit. ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight's channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24/7 coverage. ⚡ 🔍 If you are interested in using footage captured by this stream, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/conte... #SpaceX #Starlink #Falcon9 #Starlink1223 #LEO #SatelliteInternet #SpaceXLaunch #GlobalInternet #HighSpeedInternet #RocketLaunch #StarlinkMission #NextGenSatellites #SpaceTechnology LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3 🎵 Intro song: New Way Out by Denis. Licensed via PremiumBeat. LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3 🎵 Music used on streams and in videos is licensed via EpidemicSound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/qvh38e All content copyright NASASpaceflight LLC. All Rights Reserved. For licensing information please visit: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/conte... NASASpaceflight (NSF) delivers live rocket launch coverage, breaking spaceflight news, and in-depth reporting from around the world. NASASpaceflight is not affiliated with or does not represent the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA initials used with NASA’s permission. Now in its 20th year, NSF covers all major players in space: SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, ULA, Rocket Lab, Relativity, Arianespace, Firefly, Stoke, Northrop Grumman, and more. From Starship test campaigns at Starbase to crew missions, infrastructure rollouts, and international launches, NSF delivers multi-angle livestreams, on-site reporting, and expert analysis from locations like Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Wallops, and Starbase.