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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 676th launch · 57th this year · humanity's 7,285th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: May 15, 22:05 – May 15, 22:05 UTC
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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1096 · flight 6 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 40 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09 · zone record 4/4
Watch
- NASA's SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch — NASA
- CRS-34 Mission — SpaceX
- NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch — NASA
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA Space Station cargo mission from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX launches CRS-34 Resupply Launch to ISS — NASASpaceflight
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−5MDragon Internal Power
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M17SMECO
- T+2M18SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M22SStage 1 Flip
- T+2M26SSES-1
- T+2M31SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+6M19SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M32SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M42SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M30SSECO-1
- T+9M22SDragon Separation
- T+10M33SDragon Nosecode Open
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2026 · source
Official Webcast by NASA has started
LL2 · 5/15/2026 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2026 · source
Scrub due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2026 · source
Hold for weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2026 · source
Updated weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2026 · source
Updated weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2026 · source
News
Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS
The Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station have seen yet another busy month…
NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Returns Packed with Space Station Science
Scientists await a big splash in the Pacific Ocean as one of the most research-packed Dragon spacecraft to date returns, completing the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Biological and materials samples, along with tested hardware, are heading back to research teams on Earth for further analysis, advancing NASA’s […]
NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 16, for its return to Earth. Watch NASA’s live undocking coverage beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. […]
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: May 15, 6:05 PM EDT
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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