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SpaceX plans ISS cargo launch carrying solar arrays and research equipment
SpaceX plans to launch a robotic Dragon capsule to the International Space Station from Florida on Oct.
13.
The flight is the 35th cargo mission SpaceX is flying for NASA under its Commercial Resupply Services contract.
The capsule is scheduled to carry 6,300 pounds of supplies, including the final set of new solar arrays for the station.
Those arrays are intended to increase the station’s available power.
The cargo also includes equipment for research into artificial retinas, heart tissue, glass formation and brain diseases.
If the launch goes as planned, Dragon will dock with the station on Oct.
15 and stay there for about a month.
It will then return to Earth with research and equipment, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off California.
SpaceX plans to launch its CRS-35 cargo mission to the International Space Station on Oct. 13.
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to carry a robotic Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The spacecraft is set to deliver 6,300 pounds of supplies, including the final set of roll-out solar arrays for the station.
Its research cargo includes equipment for manufacturing artificial retinas and 3D heart tissue models.
If the mission proceeds as planned, Dragon will dock with the station on Oct. 15 and remain there for about a month.
- Who
- SpaceX, under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
- What
- A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch a Dragon capsule carrying cargo and research equipment to the ISS.
- When
- The launch is scheduled for Oct. 13, 2026, at 6:33 a.m. EDT.
- Where
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida; the destination is the International Space Station.
- Why
- To deliver supplies, solar arrays and scientific equipment to the ISS.
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A Falcon 9 launch of the CRS-35 Dragon capsule is scheduled for 6:33 a.m. EDT.
Dragon is expected to reach the ISS and dock autonomously at around 11 a.m. EDT.
Dragon is expected to leave the ISS and return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off California.
- Mission
- CRS-35, SpaceX's 35th mission under its NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract
- Cargo
- 6,300 pounds (2,860 kilograms)
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
- Solar arrays
- The final set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays
- Planned launch
- Oct. 13, 2026, at 6:33 a.m. EDT
What people are saying
will deliver hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity to help restore vision on Earth and 3D heart tissue models to advance large‑scale drug testing on future missions
The spacecraft will carry materials to study how a new type of glass forms in microgravity and brain organoids that could reveal treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis
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