CRS-34 Cargo Dragon Targets May 13 at 6:50 p.m. EDT — B1096 6th Flight, C209 to ISS Harmony Port

SpaceX's CRS-34 mission is targeting liftoff on May 13, 2026, at 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida — the backup window after the May 12 weather scrub. The Falcon 9 will fly with booster B1096 on its 6th mission (previously flew IMAP, GPS III-9, NROL-77, Kuiper Falcon 01, and Starlink 6-87) and Dragon capsule C209 on its 6th flight (previously flew CRS-22, CRS-24, CRS-27, CRS-30, and CRS-32). The cargo manifest includes approximately 6,500 pounds (2,950 kg) of science experiments, crew supplies, and hardware for the Expedition crew aboard the ISS. Following stage separation, booster B1096 will execute a Return-to-Launch-Site maneuver and land at Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40), the newest SpaceX recovery pad inaugurated on April 11, 2026, directly adjacent to SLC-40. Dragon C209 is scheduled to autonomously dock with the ISS's Harmony module forward port on May 14, 2026, at approximately 7:35 a.m. EDT. CRS-34 will mark SpaceX's 58th orbital mission of 2026 and the company's 34th operational cargo resupply mission to the ISS under the CRS-2 contract. If successful, it will also extend Falcon 9's streak of consecutive mission successes and represent another data point for high-flight-count booster reliability.