Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
UPDATE: The May 13 launch attempt for CRS-34 was scrubbed due to weather: nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/05/13/nasa-spacex-target-may-15-for-resupply-mission-launch The next attempt is currently scheduled for Friday, May 15.
Watch as the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission launches to the International Space Station. About 6,500 pounds of cargo are set to lift off at 6:50 p.m. EDT (2250 UTC) on May 13 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
In addition to cargo for the crew aboard the space station, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, instruments and science investigations. These include a bone scaffold made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, a new instrument to study charged particles around Earth that can impact power grids and satellites, and an investigation that could provide a fundamental understanding of how planets form, among others.
Dragon is scheduled to dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module at about 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 UTC) on Thursday, May 14. It is scheduled to remain at the space station until mid-June, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth with time-sensitive research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.
Learn more about the mission: nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-spacex-34th-station-resupply-launch-arrival
Learn more about International Space Station operations and research: nasa.gov/station
Credit: NASA
UPDATE: The May 13 launch attempt for CRS-34 was scrubbed due to weather: nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/05/13/nasa-spacex-target-may-15-for-resupply-mission-launch The next attempt is currently scheduled for Friday, May 15.
Watch as the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission launches to the International Space Station. About 6,500 pounds of cargo are set to lift off at 6:50 p.m. EDT (2250 UTC) on May 13 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
In addition to cargo for the crew aboard the space station, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, instruments and science investigations. These include a bone scaffold made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, a new instrument to study charged particles around Earth that can impact power grids and satellites, and an investigation that could provide a fundamental understanding of how planets form, among others.
Dragon is scheduled to dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module at about 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 UTC) on Thursday, May 14. It is scheduled to remain at the space station until mid-June, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth with time-sensitive research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.
Learn more about the mission: nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-spacex-34th-station-resupply-launch-arrival
Learn more about International Space Station operations and research: nasa.gov/station
Credit: NASA
