Mark Carreau
August 03, 2026

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.

Credit: NASA

HOUSTON—NASA plans to move up the launch of four crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) to help hasten the crew rotation rate as the seven-person orbital lab approaches a planned 2030 safe deorbit. Three SpaceX Crew-13 NASA and Canadian astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut will be…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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