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SpaceX Crew-13 sets fastest US crewed ISS delivery record

The mission completed transit from launch pad to station docking in just under eight hours.

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SpaceX's Crew-13 mission for NASA has set a new record for the fastest US crewed delivery to the International Space Station.[2] The vehicle lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 AM Eastern. It docked with the station at 7:05 PM, for a total transit time of 7 hours and 55 minutes.[3] South Korea will conduct the fifth launch of its domestic Nuri space rocket on 8 October 2026. The flight will test satellite orbit deployment capability. Han Young-min, head of the Space Launch Vehicle Research Institute at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, stated that a successful fifth launch would raise the rocket's success rate to 80%.[1][4]
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  1. Han Young-min, head of the Space Launch Vehicle Research Institute at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, stated that a successful fifth launch would raise the rocket's success rate to 80%. · The Kyunghyang ShinmunSouth Korea
  2. SpaceX's Crew-13 mission for NASA launched and arrived at the International Space Station in 7 hours and 55 minutes, setting a new record for the fastest US crewed delivery in history. · Interesting Engineering
  3. The SpaceX Crew-13 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 AM Eastern and docked with the ISS at 7:05 PM, completing the trip in just under eight hours. · Hackaday
  4. South Korea will conduct the fifth launch of its domestic Nuri space rocket on 8 October 2026, to test satellite orbit deployment capability. · Nikkei Asia
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