NASA's CRS-34 Falcon-9 Cargo Dragon Pre-launch | International Space Station

NASA's CRS-34 Falcon-9 Cargo Dragon Pre-launch | International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is vertical at Pad 40 in Florida ahead of the scheduled launch of Dragon’s 34th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Mission to the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Teams are keeping an eye on weather. 

Watch the Launch here: http://spacex.com/launches/crs-34

The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft is slated to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket packed with about 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and lab hardware destined for the Expedition 74 crew. Flight engineers Jack Hathaway of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be on duty monitoring Dragon during its automated rendezvous and docking.

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.

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Image Dates: May 11-12, 2026

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