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Science Desk · NASA · NASA Headquarters · Release 26-087

SpaceX CRS-35 lifts off with science and the station’s final solar array pair

Falcon 9 launched Dragon at 6:33 a.m. EDT Oct. 13 from Cape Canaveral; docking is scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 15.

Agency release dated 2026-10-13

SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon launching from Cape Canaveral on CRS-35
Image: NASA (U.S. government work)

What the record says

  • NASA says the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
  • Dragon is scheduled to dock autonomously at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 15, to the space-facing port of the Harmony module; NASA coverage begins at 9:15 a.m.
  • The cargo includes the final pair of solar arrays for the station’s power augmentation, to be installed on spacewalks later this fall.
  • Experiments aboard include hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity, 3D heart tissue models, a study of glass formation, and brain organoids.
  • NASA says Dragon is to remain at the station until mid-November, then splash down off California.

Source: NASA — NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station. Notice Nearby summarized this release; it adds no claims beyond the agency record.