NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station

NASA is inviting media to apply for credentials to cover the next SpaceX cargo launch to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket, with NASA and SpaceX targeting no earlier than October for liftoff of the Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Credentialing for prelaunch and launch activities is open to U.S. media only, with an application deadline of 11:59 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 1. Requests must be submitted online at https://media.ksc.nasa.gov, and media will receive a confirmation email upon approval. NASA's media accreditation policy is available online; questions about accreditation or requests for special logistical support can go to ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov, and other inquiries to the Kennedy Space Center newsroom at 321-867-2468.

Each resupply mission delivers scientific investigations in biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations. Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver scientific research to the station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations aboard the orbital laboratory.

Beyond food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, Dragon will carry the final sets of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, known as IROSA, which astronauts will install on future spacewalks to complete the station's power augmentation. Once installed, the arrays will supply additional power for critical station operations, including its safe and controlled deorbit. The mission also transports several new experiments, including hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity that could help restore vision for patients on Earth, and 3D heart cell models to advance large-scale drug testing on future space missions. Dragon will additionally carry materials to study how a new type of glass forms in microgravity, and brain organoids that could uncover potential treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis.

For more than 25 years people have lived and worked continuously aboard the ISS, advancing scientific knowledge and producing research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon under Artemis and on to Mars.