Falcon 9 B5 • SpX-34 Dragon 2 CRS2

Falcon 9 B5 • SpX-34 Dragon 2 CRS2

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the latest Dragon 2 spacecraft on an operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the second phase of the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. Total cargo mass is 2948kg, including 831kg experiments, 618kg of crew supplies, 469kg of vehicle hardware, 128kg of spacewalk equipment, 84kg of computer resources and 816kg of unpressurized payloads. In it's trunk Dragon will carry CLARREO Pathfinder and the STP-H11 instrument package, which includes NASA's STORIE mission to investigate a ring current around Earth. B1096.6 is the Falcon 9 booster flying this mission and Dragon is vehicle C209.6 on this flight. The first stage will perform a RTLS landing at LZ-40. Live pad view: https://www.youtube.com/live/thfYPsRqxmw - Moved forward from June 2026. Delayed from Q4 and March. Scrubbed on May 12 and 13. Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/dF-GsJmqJA8 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DGleEPmYkRJL https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-spacex-34th-commercial-resupply-services-launch/ https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DxleEdlAQjKL https://www.spacex.com/launches/crs34 https://www.youtube.com/live/2kHxvJ8266I https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/05/12/live-coverage-nasa-spacex-to-launch-34th-cargo-dragon-mission-to-the-space-station/ https://www.youtube.com/live/J4iAX4BDmuA https://www.youtube.com/live/WfNV_ClePDU https://www.youtube.com/live/0FgbrItGkcY https://www.youtube.com/live/S9k4ipwHRzs https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1XGygmRyWBExM

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