Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Leaders from NASA and agency partners are holding a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center to discuss final preparations for our upcoming SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than mid-September.

Participants include:
- Joel Montalbano, deputy 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

Learn more about the mission: nasa.gov/commercialcrew
Get daily updates from the station: nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation

Credit: NASA