Crew-13 Astronauts Named for Mission to International Space Station

Four astronauts from three space agencies will be traveling aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of Crew-13.

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. They will be joined by CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, who will serve as mission specialists.

After arriving at the orbiting laboratory, Crew-13 will become members of the space station’s Expedition 75.

The spaceflight is Watkins’ second, Delaney’s first spaceflight after being selected in 2021, the first spaceflight for Kutryk, and the first for Teteryatnikov.

This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA is advancing the launch date of Crew-13 from November to help increase the frequency of U.S. crew rotation missions to the space station.