SpaceX's CRS-35 Dragon is set to dock at the ISS today with more than 6,000 pounds of cargo
After a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 13, Cargo Dragon on NASA's CRS-35 mission is scheduled to autonomously dock to Harmony's zenith port around 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15, carrying supplies for Crew-13.
Photo: U.S. Space Force / Airman 1st Class Daryn Grace Hancock via Wikimedia Commons (public domain; CRS-35 Falcon 9 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Oct 13, 2026)
SpaceX's cargo Dragon flying NASA's 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station on the morning of October 15, Space.com reported. Docking is planned for about 11 a.m. EDT, with NASA coverage of the approach beginning at 9:15 a.m. EDT.
CRS-35 lifted off on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 13 at 6:35 a.m. EDT. Space.com said the near-dawn trajectory produced a widely seen "space jellyfish" exhaust plume along the U.S. East Coast. The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed Dragon into low Earth orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff.
After a roughly 51-hour chase, Dragon is to dock autonomously to the zenith, space-facing port of the station's Harmony module and remain attached for about a month before returning with cargo and research, Space.com said. The flight supports the newest crew, SpaceX's Crew-13, which arrived October 1.
A U.S. Space Force photo of the October 13 liftoff from Cape Canaveral documents the CRS-35 Falcon 9 ascent. Space.com also noted that Crew-12 astronauts were scheduled to speak with media on the afternoon of October 15 about their nearly eight-month mission and return.