A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday. The flight carries four crew members on a science expedition aboard the ISS.
NASA reports the launch occurs from Space Launch Complex 40 and is part of ongoing human spaceflight activity with commercial partnerships. CBS and other outlets describe the international composition of the crew, which includes two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and a Canadian astronaut. While NASA emphasizes the mission as another demonstration of U.S. human spaceflight capability and the strength of commercial cooperation, coverage across outlets focuses on the launch itself and the crew’s nationalities rather than additional mission details.
