SpaceX will send 4 astronauts to ISS aboard Dragon Grace
SpaceX is sending four astronauts to the International Space Station on September 12, 2026.
The team (Jessica Watkins, commander; Luke Delaney, pilot; Josh Kutryk, mission specialist with the Canadian Space Agency, and Sergey Teteryatnikov, mission specialist of Russia's federal space corporation Roscosmos) will launch from Florida aboard the Dragon spacecraft Grace.
Crew will research health and crops
The crew will spend seven months in space, working on research like heart disease, Parkinson's, blood flow in zero gravity, and growing crops up there.
They'll also test new medical tools for astronauts.
Before launch, they'll suit up in SpaceX's upgraded Rev. 3 spacesuits for a pre-flight run on August 7, and yes, Tesla Cybertrucks are their emergency ride if anything goes wrong.
Plus, Jessica Watkins will make history as the first active NASA astronaut to fly twice on Dragon!