Watkins to command SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the ISS
NASA named SpaceX Crew-13 for the ISS Expedition 75: commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney from Debary, Florida, with Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov as mission specialists. Launch is no earlier than mid-September aboard SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon, marking the 13th SpaceX crew rotation under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, a Crew-4 veteran with 170 days in space, will be the first NASA astronaut to fly twice on Dragon; the other two mission specialists are first-time space fliers. The crew will conduct science and tech demonstrations to advance Moon and Mars exploration.