SpaceX Crew-13 docks at ISS in fastest US launch-to-docking

SpaceX Dragon Grace docked to the ISS Harmony module's forward port at 7:05 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2026, 7 hours and 55 minutes after Crew-13's 11:10 a.m. EDT launch. NASA called it the fastest launch-to-docking of a U.S. spacecraft in ISS history. The crew is NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov; Space.com said they will stay about six months and that Crew-12 could return as soon as Oct. 5.