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Crew-13's 8-Hour Sprint, Jessica Watkins & SpaceX's Triple Launch Week
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SpaceX shattered the crewed transit record with a 7-hour 55-minute flight to the ISS, while Commander Jessica Watkins made history as the first Black woman to command a crewed spacecraft. This episode covers Crew-13's record run, Artemis II's farewell tour, and SpaceX's remarkable triple-launch week.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Seven hours and fifty-five minutes. That's how long it took SpaceX's Crew Dragon to carry four astronauts from launch pad to International Space Station on October first, setting the fastest American crewed transit in history.
Leading that mission was Commander Jessica Watkins, who became the first Black woman to command a crewed spacecraft to orbit. That's a milestone worth holding for a moment.
One detail from this crew stands apart from any speed record. Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is expecting his third child while he's aboard the station for a six-month mission.
Crew-13 didn't arrive in isolation. It was the third major SpaceX event in roughly one week.
While Crew-13 was arriving, the Artemis II crew was closing the book on a different chapter. On September thirtieth, the four lunar astronauts held their final public celebration at the University of Houston, marking the end of a six-month post-mission publicity tour.
The immediate next step is the handover. Crew-12 is set to undock on October fifth after a two hundred thirty-five-day mission and splash down in the Pacific on October sixth.
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