NASA and SpaceX say the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station is now targeting early October, allowing time to finish pre-launch activities and readiness reviews and to coordinate station operations. No specific launch date has been set.

The flight had been planned for Sept. 12, but NASA pulled that date on August 29th after an oxidizer leak was found in Dragon’s propulsion system during standard prelaunch processing. Teams have since replaced a valve in the spacecraft to remedy the issue. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman had estimated the repair would take two to four weeks.

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will serve as commander and pilot, joined by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov as mission specialists. The crew will fly on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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