SpaceX Crew-13 seen training for the first time post NASA announcement

Spaceflight May 1, 2026

BY PRANJAL PRANIT

SpaceX Crew-13 Pilot Luke Delaney and Commander Jessica Watkins of NASA are pictured in their pressure suits during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California

The upcoming batch of humans to go to space with SpaceX Commercial Crew-13, who will later form part of Expedition 75 aboard the Space Station, train at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. NASA’s Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency’s Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov will form part of the crew. Only Commander Watkins has been in space before.

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Jessica Watkins is all excited for the mission

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins is pictured in her pressure suit during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California

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Luke Delaney in his pressure suit

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Pilot Luke Delaney is pictured in his pressure suit during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. This will be the first spaceflight for the American.

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Canadian Joshua Kutryk during the training in California

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Joshua Kutryk is pictured in his pressure suit during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

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Sergey Teteryatnikov during a training session

Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Sergey Teteryatnikov is pictured in his pressure suit and seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spaceraft during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

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Jessica Watkins and Joshua Kutryk seated inside Dragon

SpaceX Crew-13 Commander Jessica Watkins of NASA, on the left, and Mission Specialist Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency are seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spaceraft during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in California

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Sergey Teteryatnikov and Luke Delaney inside Dragon during training

SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos and Pilot Luke Delaney of NASA are seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spaceraft during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California

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Canadian Joshua Kutryk seen seated in Dragon capsule

Canadian Space Agency astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Specialist Joshua Kutryk is pictured in his pressure suit and seated inside a SpaceX Dragon spaceraft during a training session at SpaceX headquarters.

SpaceX Crew-13 seen training for the first time post NASA announcement

Jessica Watkins is all excited for the mission

Luke Delaney in his pressure suit

Canadian Joshua Kutryk during the training in California

Sergey Teteryatnikov during a training session

Jessica Watkins and Joshua Kutryk seated inside Dragon

Sergey Teteryatnikov and Luke Delaney inside Dragon during training

Canadian Joshua Kutryk seen seated in Dragon capsule

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