NASA · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Crew-13 finishes dry dress; weather 60% favorable for Thursday try
The File desk · Sep 30, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed (NASA commercial crew blogs, Sept. 29, 2026)
On Sept. 29, 2026, NASA’s commercial crew blog said the Crew-13 astronauts — Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency, and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos — completed a dry dress rehearsal at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. A second same-day blog said the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron gives a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for launch. Liftoff is still no earlier than 11:10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Oct. 1. Primary weather concerns are the cumulus cloud rule and flight through precipitation.
On Sept. 29, 2026, NASA said the Crew-13 crew finished a dry dress rehearsal.
The astronauts are Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney of NASA, Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency, and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos.
They ran suits and leak checks at Kennedy’s Operations and Checkout, then boarded the Dragon spacecraft on top of the Falcon 9.
The pad is Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The dry-dress blog is timestamped 2026-09-29T10:31:12-04:00.
A later blog the same day, timestamped 2026-09-29T14:19:49-04:00, carries the weather call.
The U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron gives a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for Thursday’s try.
The concerns named are the cumulus cloud rule and flight through precipitation.
Liftoff is still no earlier than 11:10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The rocket was already vertical on Sept. 28. These posts add the rehearsal and the weather. A final go or no-go is not in them.
What is still unknown or disputed
- Final go or no-go.
- Any scrub to a backup day.
Primary sources
Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.
Source 1
NASA, SpaceX Complete Crew-13 Dry Dress Rehearsal
NASA commercial crew blog · September 29, 2026
Blog dated 2026-09-29T10:31:12-04:00. Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk, and Sergey Teteryatnikov completed a dry dress rehearsal at Space Launch Complex 40. Liftoff no earlier than 11:10 a.m. Eastern Thursday, Oct. 1.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/09/29/nasa-spacex-complete-crew-13-dry-dress-rehearsal/
Source 2
Weather 60% Go for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Launch
NASA commercial crew blog · September 29, 2026
Blog dated 2026-09-29T14:19:49-04:00. The 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 60 percent chance of favorable weather. Primary concerns are the cumulus cloud rule and flight through precipitation.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/09/29/weather-60-go-for-nasas-spacex-crew-13-launch/