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NASA’s Crew-13 set for liftoff on long-duration space mission
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Key Points:
- NASA is launching SpaceX’s Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station on Thursday, with liftoff scheduled for 11:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral and docking planned around 7 p.m.
- The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delany, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
- The mission focuses on scientific research and technology demonstrations to advance future Moon and Mars missions, including studies on heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, crop production, and blood-flow abnormalities in space.
- Crew-13 will also support upcoming commercial resupply missions to the ISS and conduct a handover with the departing Crew-12 team.
- The spacecraft will autonomously dock at the Harmony module of the ISS after traveling at approximately 17,500 mph in orbit.
