Month: October 2024

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 31st Station Resupply Launch, Arrival

Image shows a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft before it launches to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. Photo credit: SpaceX

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency.

Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Live launch coverage will begin at 9:10 p.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

More details about the launch are listed here.

NASA, SpaceX Update Space Station Resupply Launch Date

Image of Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to carry supplies to the International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Monday, Nov. 4, for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station due to ongoing operations including Crew-9 port relocation and spacecraft integration for the cargo flight.

The company’s Dragon spacecraft will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and deliver food, supplies, and science investigations to the orbiting laboratory.

NASA will provide additional updates and information on launch and docking when available.