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NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Launches on Fastest U.S. Docking Flight in Space Station History, Carrying Stem Cell and Plant Science to Orbit
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 launched Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, on the fastest launch-to-docking flight by a U.S. spacecraft in International Space Station history, a roughly 7-hour, 50-minute trip delivering four crew members and a biomedical research agenda that includes growing human stem cell-derived tissues for personalized medicine, disease modeling and drug testing.