The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lands at Landing Zone 40, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Falcon 9 first stage supported the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is the thirteenth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, and Teteryatnikov launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin their mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)