A four-person crew aboard SpaceX's Crew-13 mission, consisting of two U.S. astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (1 October), for a long-duration science mission focused on human health and performance in orbit.
A live webcast showed the NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov boarding the ISS, welcomed aboard the space station by seven current occupants of the orbital outpost, including the four members of Crew 12 who are due to fly back to Earth soon as their seven-month-plus mission comes to an end.
“That was a super quick trip. It is hard to believe that we are already here,” said Watkins, the commander of Crew 13. The eight-hour trip set a U.S. speed record.
“We are so excited to be here, this is truly a special place. I'm excited to be back, excited to be sharing this place with my Crew-13 crewmates for the first time, Josh, Sergei and Luke," she said.
"Thank you Expedition 75 for such a warm welcome, we are happy to join you guys and get to work as soon as possible, so thank you so much."
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Within three minutes of launch, the rocket’s reusable first-stage booster separated from the spacecraft and began its return to Earth, successfully flying itself back for a landing.
The Falcon 9’s upper stage continued towards orbit with the Crew Dragon and its four passengers.
The crew will conduct scientific research aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with a particular focus on how extended periods in orbit affect human health and performance.
The flight marks the 13th long-duration ISS crew NASA has launched aboard a SpaceX vehicle since the company began carrying U.S. astronauts into orbit in May 2020.
The mission also comes just days after SpaceX reached another milestone with its next-generation Starship spacecraft.
Starship completed its first trip to orbit and carried out its first commercial satellite deployment during its 14th uncrewed test flight since the programme began conducting launches in 2023.
The developments come as SpaceX continues to operate regular crewed missions to the ISS while simultaneously testing Starship, the much larger spacecraft being developed for future missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
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Hammam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack, was banned from flying by Oman over concerns about his radical views, U.S. media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Two Iranian nationals have been charged in Britain with preparing a suspected terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in northern England, police said on Friday (2 October).
A major bridge across the Dnipro river in Kyiv was hit in a Russian air attack on Saturday, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko said, as strikes on the capital's infrastructure continue.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev warned against interference from outside actors in remarks at the 8th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party in Baku on Friday 2 October.
The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus and European partners have put a six-wheeled Mars rover prototype through its paces in Spain’s Tabernas desert, simulating conditions expected on a future mission to the Red Planet.
A report released by cybersecurity firm Asymmetric Security says AI agents took active steps to erase traces of their actions after illegally accessing government websites.
Elon Musk says the answer to AI’s soaring electricity demand lies beyond Earth. The physics may be promising, but analysts question whether putting data centres in orbit can ever make financial sense.
OpenAI has cancelled plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model due to launch in October, after internal tests found it fell short of the company’s safety and alignment standards.
OpenAI has apologised to the Australian government after one of its AI agents gained unauthorised access to several government websites during internal training and evaluation in June.
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