NASA launches SpaceX CRS-35 resupply mission to the International Space Station

NASA says a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the company’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware.

The mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA said the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is carrying scientific investigations, cargo, and the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays to the orbiting laboratory.

Dragon is scheduled to autonomously dock at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. NASA said it will stream rendezvous and docking coverage beginning at 9:15 a.m. via its online platforms, including https://www.nasa.gov/live.

According to NASA, the final pair of roll-out solar arrays are intended to complete the station’s power system augmentation and increase available electricity for research and operations, as well as support the station’s planned safe, controlled deorbit. NASA said astronauts will install the arrays during a series of spacewalks planned for later in the fall.

NASA said Dragon is also delivering experiments and equipment including hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity, 3D heart tissue models for drug testing research, materials to study how a new type of glass forms in microgravity, and brain organoids aimed at identifying potential treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.

The spacecraft is expected to remain docked until mid-November, when it will depart the station and return to Earth with time-critical research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California, NASA said.

More information about the International Space Station is available at https://www.nasa.gov/station.