Crew-13 astronaut will miss wife’s birth during stay at ISS

• SpaceX launched NASA 's Crew-13 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a six-month mission to the International Space Station , following a three-week delay to repair a capsule fuel leak.
• Commander Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a spaceflight crew to orbit, guiding a team of space newcomers that includes NASA's Luke Delaney, Canada's Joshua Kutryk, and Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov.
• The mission features SpaceX's quickest transit to the orbiting laboratory to date, scheduled to arrive in approximately eight hours.
• Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to become the fourth person to become a father while orbiting Earth, as his wife is expected to give birth to their third child in late November.
• The crew embraced their Crew-13 designation by incorporating elements of the historic 1970 Apollo 13 mission into their patch to honor the legacy, resilience, and grit of the previous astronauts.

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SpaceX to launch four astronauts to space for six-month stay