- SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral on Thursday following a delay caused by a spacecraft leak.
- The four-person international crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
- During their six-month mission aboard the space station, the crew will conduct scientific experiments to support future human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
- The launch is one of three SpaceX rocket missions planned within a 13-hour window from launch sites in Florida and California.
- US Space Force forecasters estimate a 40 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch due to cloud coverage and precipitation risks.
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