Crew Dragon Grace sets fastest U.S. docking trip as Crew-13 arrives

Crew Dragon Grace docked at the International Space Station on 2026-10-01, recording the fastest U.S. spacecraft launch-to-docking trip to the station. Crew-13 arrived on 2026-10-01, reaching the Harmony module almost an hour before NASA's projected docking time.

The flight's launch site was Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. Crew Dragon Grace docked at the forward port of the station's Harmony module on 2026-10-01.

The mission recorded the quickest U.S. launch-to-docking flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX accounts for all five of the fastest U.S. spacecraft trips to the station.

Crew-13's launch date was 2026-10-01, and its arrival date was the same day. Its listed arrival point was the Harmony module.

The Crew-13 crew members are NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.

Before Crew-13, the fastest crewed trip was Crew-11, at 14 hours and 43 minutes. CRS-31 took a little over 12 hours, Ax-2 took 15 hours and 35 minutes, and Crew-4 took 15 hours and 44 minutes.

Crew-13 came in almost an hour before NASA's projected docking time.

The timing shows SpaceX is setting the pace for U.S. station access, with the company holding all five fastest U.S. spacecraft trips to the International Space Station.

Crew-13's roster includes NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos personnel, making it a multinational station crew.

Dragon is NASA's only operational ride to the station, so its launch and docking performance is central to tracking station transportation.

NASA is targeting Crew-12's undocking at 8:05 a.m. ET on 2026-10-07. The splashdown is targeted around 11:34 a.m. on 2026-10-08 off the coast of California.