SpaceX launches Crew-13 to ISS after three-week delay

SpaceX has launched four astronauts toward the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission stretching until spring.

• The Falcon 9 lifted off Thursday following a three-week delay to fix the Crew Dragon's leaking fuel system; transit to the station will take about eight hours.
• Commander Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, making her second ISS visit after a 2022 stay.
• The crew — NASA's Luke Delaney, Canada's Joshua Kutryk, and Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov — will replace four astronauts living aboard the station since February.
• Kutryk will become the fourth man to become a father while in orbit, with his wife expecting their third child in late November.
• The flight set a US speed record for the fastest crewed journey to the space station by any American vehicle.