Crew-13 lifts off for the International Space Station on October 1

NASA says Crew-13 launched toward the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov aboard. The crew is headed to the station for research, technology demonstrations and maintenance. NASA said Dragon was scheduled to dock just under eight hours after liftoff, which would make it the shortest-ever flight to the station for a U.S. spacecraft.