NASA's CRS-34 Falcon 9 Cargo Dragon Mission Launch | International Space Station

NASA's CRS-34 Falcon 9 Cargo Dragon Mission Launch | International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Pad 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, launched Cargo Dragon’s 34th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Mission to the International Space Station on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 6:05pm Eastern Time. 

Watch a replay of the launch here: http://spacex.com/launches/crs-34

The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft is packed with about 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and lab hardware destined for the Expedition 74 crew. Dragon will arrive at the orbiting outpost at approximately 7 a.m. Sunday, May 17, and will dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module. Watch NASA’s live rendezvous and docking coverage beginning at 5:30 a.m. Flight engineers Jack Hathaway of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be on duty monitoring Dragon.

NASA's Commercial Resupply Missions:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

Follow Expedition 74:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Date: May 15, 2026

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