# Crew Dragon 'Grace'

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## Timeline

- **2026-10-05**: Crew-12 scheduled return to Earth — The outgoing Crew-12 team is scheduled to return to Earth on Monday, October 5, completing the handover to Expedition 75 with Crew-13 aboard.
- **2026-10-01**: Crew-13 launches from Cape Canaveral — SpaceX Crew Dragon 'Grace' lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying NASA, CSA, and Roscosmos astronauts after a propulsion-system delay was cleared.
- **2026-10-01**: Dragon 'Grace' docks with ISS — Approximately eight hours after liftoff, Crew-13 docks with the International Space Station — the fastest trip to the ISS for an American spacecraft.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Crew-13 Docks in 8 Hours: Fastest US Crewed ISS Transit Yet
2026-10-02 06:43:51 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3

SpaceX's Crew-13 docked with the ISS roughly eight hours after an October 1 launch from Cape Canaveral — the fastest American crewed transit on record. The four-person, three-agency crew begins a six-month Expedition 75 increment focused on biomedical and agricultural research. The mission reinforces Crew Dragon as the operational backbone of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/spacex-crew-13-8-hour-iss-docking

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