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Launches & Rockets

SpaceX Falcon 9 for Crew-13 vertical on pad ahead of record fast station flight

Launch is scheduled no earlier than 11:10 ET 1 October 2026, with a planned transit time that will set a US space station record.

Luisa Marconi
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-13 mission is vertical on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.[1]