NASA, in collaboration with its partners, will host two press conferences on Monday, August 3, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss upcoming crew rotation missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Mission leaders will provide a comprehensive overview of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission at 12 p.m. ET, followed by a discussion on training and mission preparation at 2 p.m. This will be Crew 13’s final media availability before heading to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch.
You can watch these events livestreamed by NASA. Find out where to tune in online:
The Crew-13 mission will transport NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutlik, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Teteryatnikov to the ISS. The crew is set to launch aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by mid-September.
International media looking to attend in person should email the NASA Johnson Newsroom at [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. U.S.-based media interested in attending must respond by 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. Virtual media participation requests are due by 10 a.m. on the event day. NASA’s Media Accreditation Policy is accessible online.
Participants in the press briefing include (all times are in Eastern and subject to change):
12:00 p.m.: Mission Overview Press Conference
- Joel Montalbano, Deputy Administrator, Manned Spaceflight Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Dana Weigel, Low Earth Orbit Program Manager, NASA Johnson
- Matthew Caron, CSA Director of Astronaut, Life Sciences, and Space Medicine
- Julianna Shaiman, Director, NASA Science and Dragon Program, SpaceX
2:00 p.m.: Crew-13 Press Conference
- Jessica Watkins, NASA Commander
- Luke Delaney, Pilot, NASA
- Joshua Kutlik, CSA Mission Specialist
- Sergei Teteryatnikov, Roscosmos Mission Specialist
After the press conference, the crew will be available for limited media interviews. All interview requests must be submitted to the NASA Johnson Newsroom at [email protected] by July 30 at 5 p.m.
This marks Watkins’ second flight to the ISS since her selection as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Raised in Lafayette, Colorado, she holds a bachelor’s degree in geological and environmental science from Stanford University and a doctorate in geology from UCLA. Watkins studied Mars’ surface as a geologist and was part of NASA’s Curiosity rover science team. She previously flew on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, spending a total of 170 days in space during the 67th/68th Space Station Expedition in 2022. Notably, she will be the first NASA astronaut to launch twice on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Delaney, selected as NASA’s astronaut in 2021, has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of North Florida and a master’s in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. A distinguished naval aviator from Florida, he has participated in exercises across the Asia-Pacific and flew missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. As a test pilot, Delaney evaluated aircraft systems and instructed other test pilots. This will be Delaney’s inaugural spaceflight.
Kutlik will also be making his first spaceflight on Crew-13. Before becoming a CSA astronaut in 2017, he served as a CF-18 fighter pilot for NATO, the United Nations, and the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Originally from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, he worked as an experimental and operational test pilot at the Aerospace Engineering Test Facility. Kutlik earned a mechanical engineering degree from the Royal Canadian Military College and holds multiple master’s degrees.
For Teteryatnikov, this will be his first mission to an orbiting laboratory. He graduated from the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011, specializing in marine power plant engineering. Prior to becoming a test cosmonaut, he held various naval engineering roles. He joined the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center in 2021 and became a test cosmonaut in 2023.
For more information about the Crew-13 mission, see below.
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Joshua Finch / Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Leah Cheshire / Anna Schneider
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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Source: www.nasa.gov