SpaceX Crew-13 reaches International Space Station in record time
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SpaceX’s Crew-13 mission reached the International Space Station on Thursday about seven hours and 55 minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking the fastest American crewed flight to the orbiting laboratory.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:10 a.m. ET carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Their Crew Dragon docked at the station’s forward port about seven hours and 55 minutes later, according to CBS News. The four astronauts then joined the seven people already aboard.
Watkins, a geologist who spent 170 days in orbit in 2022, became the first Black woman to command a spacecraft. She is the mission’s only spaceflight veteran; Delaney, Teteryatnikov and Kutryk are making their first trips to space.
The launch had been delayed from mid-September to replace a faulty valve in the Crew Dragon propulsion system. Ars Technica reported that the repair required technicians to cut into a propellant line inside the spacecraft.
Crew-13 is expected to spend up to six months aboard the station conducting experiments and research, including work supporting future missions to the Moon and Mars. Kutryk’s wife is expecting the couple’s third child around Thanksgiving, while he is in orbit. Four other station crew members are expected to return to Earth after 237 days in space.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Two wording issues needed correction to match the sources without implying unsupported timing or causation details. - "less than eight hours after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida": The sources say the mission launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but the phrase can misleadingly imply the station was reached from the ground launch site; docking occurred after launch, and CBS gives seven hours and 55 minutes after liftoff. - "The launch had been delayed from mid-September while SpaceX replaced a faulty valve in the Crew Dragon propulsion system.": The sources say the launch was delayed from mid-September to replace a valve, not necessarily while the replacement work was underway.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
SpaceX Crew-13 reaches International Space Station in record time
SpaceX’s Crew-13 mission reached the International Space Station on Thursday lessabout than eightseven hours and 55 minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking the fastest American crewed flight to the orbiting laboratory.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:10 a.m. ET carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Their Crew Dragon docked at the station’s forward port about seven hours and 55 minutes later, according to CBS News. The four astronauts then joined the seven people already aboard.
Watkins, a geologist who spent 170 days in orbit in 2022, became the first Black woman to command a spacecraft. She is the mission’s only spaceflight veteran; Delaney, Teteryatnikov and Kutryk are making their first trips to space.
The launch had been delayed from mid-September whileto SpaceX replacedreplace a faulty valve in the Crew Dragon propulsion system. Ars Technica reported that the repair required technicians to cut into a propellant line inside the spacecraft.
Crew-13 is expected to spend up to six months aboard the station conducting experiments and research, including work supporting future missions to the Moon and Mars. Kutryk’s wife is expecting the couple’s third child around Thanksgiving, while he is in orbit. Four other station crew members are expected to return to Earth after 237 days in space.
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