https://drh68.zenfolio.com/p487552046 <em>from: spaceflightnow.com:</em><br/> <span class="large">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on a flight to the International Space Station Thursday carrying two NASA astronauts, a cosmonaut and a Canadian whose wife plans a launch of her own later this year, giving birth to the couple&rsquo;s third child while her husband is away in space.</span><br/> <br/> <span class="large">Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Crew 13 commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 a.m. EDT.</span><br/> <br/> <span class="large">The launch originally was planned for mid September, but the flight was delayed to replace a leaking valve in the Crew Dragon&rsquo;s propulsion system.</span><br/> <br/> <span class="large">Watkins, who holds a Ph.D. in geology, flew to space aboard a Crew Dragon in 2022. Her crewmates are space rookies, the 296th, 297th and 298th astronauts to fly aboard the ISS.</span><br/> <span class="large">Delaney and Kutryk are both former military test pilots while Teteryatnikov served in the Russian submarine force before becoming a cosmonaut.</span> en-us (C) Dennis Huff dhuff68@gmail.com (Dennis Huff) Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:55:52 GMT Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:58:33 GMT https://drh68.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1773094455-10.jpg https://drh68.zenfolio.com/p487552046 120 80 https://drh68.zenfolio.com/p487552046/e66487CC8

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