CREW-13 POST-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE, Oct 1, 2026, KSC, 1:10 pm ET

Update, October 1, 11:50 am ET:  Launch was on time. NASA has moved the post-launch news conference to 1:10 pm ET instead of 12:45 pm ET.

Original Entry: The weather forecast for launch of Crew-13 on October 1 at 11:10 am ET is 60 percent favorable as of September 29.

NASA coverage of launch, the post-launch news conference, arrival and docking, and hatch opening and welcome remarks — all on October 1 — is as follows. Check NASA Live for links to where the livestreams will be available.

Launch coverage begins at 9:20 am ET.

A post-launch news conference is scheduled for 12:45 pm ET with these participants:

• NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
• Dr. Lori Glaze, associate administrator, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Dana Weigel, manager, Low Earth Orbit Program, NASA Johnson
• Mathieu Caron, director, Astronauts, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine, CSA
• Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science and Dragon Programs, SpaceX

Arrival and docking coverage begins at 5:20 pm ET for docking at 7:00 pm ET. That will be followed at 8:45 pm ET by coverage of hatch opening and welcome remarks.