SpaceX Launches Crew for NASA on Retiring Dragon Capsule

SpaceX launched a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission, Crew-13, utilized a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. This launch occurs amid ongoing questions regarding the future of the company's human spaceflight program and the eventual retirement of the current Dragon capsule model used for these missions.