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NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Launch
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McGruff It
Crew-13 settles into the ISS as Crew-12 prepares to come home
McGruff's findings
Executive assessment
The article accurately captures the handoff **as it stood on October 5, 2026**, but its October 7 departure is no longer pending. NASA confirms Crew-12 undocked on October 7 and splashed down on October 8; Crew-13 remained aboard for its planned mission. An update should replace the generic instruction to watch for a result with those confirmed outcomes and the subsequent cargo handoff. Sources: nasa.gov, nasa.gov, and ([nasa.gov](nasa.gov))
Key discoveries
- Crew-13’s Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk and Sergey Teteryatnikov docked at 7:05 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2026, after a 7-hour-55-minute trip that NASA called its fastest U.S. spacecraft launch-to-ISS docking. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/01/dragon-docks-bringing-spacex-crew-13-to-station/. ([nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/01/dragon-docks-…
- The handoff temporarily brought the ISS population to 11. On October 4, Jessica Meir passed station command to Pyotr Dubrov. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/05/expedition-75-welcomes-crew-13-and-preps-for-crew-12-departure/. ([nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/05/expedition-75-welcomes-crew-13-and-preps-for-crew-12-departure/))
- Crew-13’s work moved beyond settling in: NASA reported blood-clot-risk sampling, sleep and health monitoring, ultrasound examinations and respiratory measurements on October 6. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/06/crew-12-ready-to-depart-as-new-residents-begin-advanced-health-research/. ([nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/06/crew-12-ready-to-depart-as-new-res…
Practical takeaways
- Rewrite the dated lead in the past tense: Crew-13 arrived October 1, 2026; Crew-12 undocked October 7 and returned October 8. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/07/nasas-spacex-crew-12-undocks-in-dragon-for-ride-home/ and ([nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/10/07/nasas-spacex-crew-12-undocks-in-dragon-for-ride-home/?utm_source=openai))
- Keep ‘six-month mission’ framed as a plan, not an accomplished duration: NASA still lists Crew-13 as active with a 2027 landing. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-13/. ([nasa.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-13/?utm_source=openai))
Conflicting evidence
No verified source described a disagreement.
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