NASA's SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket CRS-31 Mission Launch | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket CRS-31 Mission Launch | Kennedy Space Center

The moment when the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's nine Merlin engines fire for launch.

Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket was launched at 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply services mission (CRS-31). At 9:52 a.m. EST, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module successfully delivering NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. CRS-31 is the fifth flight for this Dragon spacecraft. It previously flew CRS-21, CRS-23, CRS-25, and CRS-28 to the International Space Station. 

To view the launch webcast, visit:

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crs-31

Scientific investigations for the International Space Station on the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission include studies of solar wind, a radiation-tolerant moss, spacecraft materials, and cold welding in space.

More information: https://go.nasa.gov/3zZrxg8

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Release Dates: Nov. 4-5, 2024

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