Crew-13 astronauts set for launch to ISS after weeks of delays

Crew-13 astronauts set for launch to ISS after weeks of delays, reported by NASASpaceFlight.

The one thing

Crew-13 astronauts set for launch to ISS after weeks of delays, reported by NASASpaceFlight.

NASASpaceFlight

Launches

Today

Thu, Oct 1 · 18:18 UTC (2:18 PM ET): Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) (SpaceX, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA)
Fri, Oct 2 · 03:53 UTC (11:53 PM ET): Falcon Heavy | NROL-97 (SpaceX, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA)

Money

Funding rounds

Astranis raised $468M (Credit Facility). Source: SatNews
Varda Space Industries raised $251M (Series D, led by Lux Capital / Natural Capital). Source: PR Newswire

Government contracts

L3Harris Technologies, $57.1M, Space Force: L3Harris Technologies: THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT/EXECUTIVE AIRLIFT (OSA/EA) COMBINED COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (COMSATCOM) SERVICES REQUIREMENT IS FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVI…
Lockheed Martin, $4.8M, NASA: Lockheed Martin: JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM-4 (JPSS-4) PAYLOAD PROCESSING SERVICES
Lockheed Martin, $1.5M, NASA: Lockheed Martin: SPACE WEATHER GEOSTATIONARY (SW GEO) PHOTOSPHERIC MAGNETOGRAPH IMAGER (PHOMI) PHASE A STUDY

Not investment advice.

Hiring

9,962 open roles on the jobs board, 3,611 of them first posted in the last seven days. Most new postings this week: The Aerospace Corporation (412), AST SpaceMobile (232), Impulse Space (201).

Jobs board

One number

7 launch slips

Launch dates that moved a day or more later, with both dates known to the day, seen by our sync since August 29, 2026 (placeholder rolls such as "2026" becoming "2027", and older changes our sync only caught up with late, are not counted); the biggest recent slip was 9.3 days.

Source: SpaceNexus Slip Explorer (LaunchDateChange ledger) · as of 2026-10-01 · Slip Explorer

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