NASA’s 35th SpaceX resupply mission launched from Florida with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo for the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule is due to dock on Thursday and return to Earth in mid-November.
01Summary
- 01A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
- 02The Dragon spacecraft is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies, hardware, scientific experiments and cargo to the International Space Station.
- 03NASA said Dragon is scheduled to autonomously dock at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 15 October, at the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module.
- 04The mission includes the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, which will boost the station’s available electricity.
- 05Dragon is expected to remain at the station until mid-November before splashing down off the coast of California with research and cargo.
02Why it matters
The shipment supports life and research aboard the International Space Station, including power upgrades and experiments that could help medicine and materials science on Earth. It also helps keep station operations running as NASA prepares for future deep-space missions.
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