Overview
- A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the CRS‑35 Cargo Dragon on Tuesday, Oct. 13, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station.
- The Falcon 9 first stage booster B1096, flying its eighth mission, returned to a successful landing at Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral after stage separation.
- Cargo Dragon C211 is on a roughly 52‑hour autonomous transit and is scheduled to dock to the station’s Harmony zenith port around 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15 for about a month.
- Stowed in Dragon’s unpressurized trunk are the final pair of iROSA roll‑out solar arrays to complete the ISS power upgrade and dozens of experiments that include artificial‑retina manufacture, 3D heart tissue, glass‑formation studies, and brain organoids.
- The spacecraft will return to the Pacific coast in mid‑November with time‑critical samples and hardware for analysis and refurbishment, including a failed Canadarm2 joint, and the mission underscores ongoing reuse of boosters and Dragons to keep station logistics running.