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<\/a><\/figure>NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n
Mission leadership will provide an overview of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew\u201113 mission at 12 p.m. EDT. Next, crew members will discuss their training and mission preparations at 2 p.m. This is Crew-13\u2019s final media availability prior to traveling to the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch.<\/p>\n
NASA will stream these events live. Learn where to watch online:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n The Crew-13 mission will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins<\/a> and Luke Delaney<\/a>, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the orbiting laboratory. The crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida no earlier than mid-September.<\/p>\n International media attending in person must email the NASA Johnson newsroom at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a> by 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 21. United States-based media attending in person must respond by 5 p.m., Thursday, July 30. Media joining virtually must respond by 10 a.m. the day of the event. NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n Briefing participants are as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n 12 p.m.: Mission Overview News Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 p.m.: Crew-13 News Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Following the news conference, crew members will be available for limited media interviews. All interview requests must be submitted by 5 p.m. on July 30, to the NASA Johnson newsroom at: jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n This will be the second flight to the space station for Watkins, who was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Watkins grew up in Lafayette, Colorado, and earned an undergraduate degree in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University, as well as a doctorate in geology from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a geologist, she studied the Martian surface and was a member of the Curiosity rover science team at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Watkins first launched to the space station as a crew member aboard NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, spending a total of 170 days in space across space station Expeditions 67\/68 in 2022. She will be the first NASA astronaut to launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft twice.<\/p>\n Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2021, Delaney earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of North Florida and a master\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School. The Florida native is a distinguished naval aviator who participated in exercises throughout the Asia Pacific region and conducted missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As a test pilot, Delaney evaluated developmental aircraft systems and served as a test pilot instructor. He also worked as a research pilot at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where he supported airborne science missions. This is the first spaceflight for Delaney.<\/p>\n The Crew-13 mission also is the first spaceflight for Kutryk. Prior to his selection as a CSA astronaut in 2017, he served as a CF-18 fighter pilot, flying missions in support of Canada\u2019s NATO, U.N., and North American Aerospace Defense Command commitments. A native of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Kutryk also worked as an experimental and operational test pilot at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta. Kutryk received a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, and he is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot school in Edwards, California. He has master\u2019s degrees in space studies, flight test engineering, and defense studies.<\/p>\n This mission will be Teteryatnikov\u2019s first trip to the orbiting laboratory. He graduated from the Naval Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011 as an engineer specializing in ship power plant operations. Before his selection as a test cosmonaut, Teteryatnikov served in various naval engineering roles, including undersea vessels and specialized engine room operations. He was selected for the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Corps in 2021 and has served as a test cosmonaut since 2023.<\/p>\n For more information about the mission, visit:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/nasas-spacex-crew-13<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Joshua Finch \/ Jimi Russell Leah Cheshier \/ Anna Schneider\n
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