Crew-13 is aboard the space station: from launch news to joining Expedition 75
NASA has confirmed both the docking and the four crew members joining the station's crew. Seeside sets the events out in order and keeps what has happened apart from the plan of about six months aboard.124
What happened
NASA confirmed that the Crew-13 Dragon docked at the International Space Station at 23:05 UTC on 1 October 2026 (7:05 p.m. EDT).1
The hatch opened at 01:19 UTC on 2 October (9:19 p.m. EDT on 1 October). NASA reports that the crew have joined Expedition 75, but gives no separate time for when every member was aboard.2
The crew are four: NASA's Jessica Watkins, commander, and Luke Delaney, pilot, with mission specialists Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos.3
NASA describes a stay of about six months. That is the mission plan, not a confirmed return date.4
Why it matters
Seeside's view: launch news confirms that a journey began; docking and joining the station's crew confirm a later, different step. When following a mission, read its latest status rather than taking the pre-launch schedule as proof of arrival.
Arrival lets the new crew take over the station's work and carry its research on. Results of experiments and the return schedule are for later mission updates.
What remains unknown
These sources do not confirm a return date, and the hatch opening is not the moment every astronaut was through it, so the two events are not used in place of each other.
How we checked
We read the original announcements, check their dates and conditions, and tie each factual paragraph to its references. Seeside's view is editorial interpretation.