What will the SpaceX Crew 13 mission do?

The SpaceX Crew 13 mission will spend six months at the International Space Station. The crew will conduct health experiments and perform maintenance work, according to CFJC Today Kamloops. The mission follows Artemis II’s lunar flyby, though its exact launch date is unclear.

Which outlets covered Joshua Kutryk’s assignment?

Left-rated outlets like St Catharines Standard and The NOTL Local covered Kutryk’s assignment, focusing on his selection. The centre-rated CFJC Today Kamloops included details on the mission’s objectives. No right-rated outlet reported on the story.

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk assigned to NASA SpaceX Crew 13

Q: Who is Joshua Kutryk?

Joshua Kutryk is a Canadian astronaut assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew 13 mission. He will join a six-month mission to the International Space Station following Artemis II’s lunar flyby. The Canadian Space Agency selected him for the crew, as reported by multiple outlets.

Kutryk will join a six-month mission to the International Space Station following Artemis II's lunar flyby

MediaBias Comparison Desk

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This article was written at the MediaBias News desk from the one-paragraph digests an aggregator publishes for each of the outlets listed below it, together with 2 of those outlets' own reports read in full. How we do it

4 Aug 2026, 08:25Updated 4 Aug 2026, 08:25

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk assigned to NASA SpaceX Crew 13 · MediaBias News

What this story says

Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian astronaut, will join NASA’s SpaceX Crew 13 mission, scheduled after Artemis II’s lunar flyby.
The mission will last six months at the International Space Station, involving health experiments and maintenance work.
Left-rated outlets emphasised Kutryk’s background, while the centre-rated digest included details on the mission’s purpose.
No right-rated outlet covered the story, leaving a gap in that segment of the media landscape.

Joshua Kutryk, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, has been assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew 13 mission. The mission is set to launch a few months after Artemis II completes its lunar flyby. Kutryk will be one of four crew members.

The crew will spend six months aboard the International Space Station. Their tasks will include conducting health experiments and performing maintenance work, as reported by CFJC Today Kamloops. The mission’s timing follows the Artemis II lunar flyby, though the exact launch date remains unconfirmed.

What the coverage left out

None of the digests mentioned the specific experiments or research focus of the mission. The left-rated digests omitted the mission’s duration and objectives entirely. No right-rated outlet ran the story at all, leaving that segment of the media without coverage of Kutryk’s assignment.

Tags:##SpaceExploration ##CanadianAstronauts ##NASAMissions ##InternationalSpaceStation ##ArtemisProgram

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

The two left-rated digests, from St Catharines Standard and The NOTL Local, led on Kutryk’s assignment to the mission. Both noted that he is preparing for spaceflight after Artemis II’s lunar flyby. Neither digest included details on the mission’s duration or its objectives at the International Space Station.

Centre

The centre-rated digest from CFJC Today Kamloops included more detail on the mission itself. It reported that the crew would spend six months at the International Space Station conducting health experiments and maintenance work. The digest also led with Kutryk’s background, noting his childhood dream of spaceflight.