NASA and SpaceX schedule CRS-35 cargo mission for no earlier than Oct. 13

NASA and SpaceX are targeting Oct. 13 or later for the Falcon 9 launch of a Dragon spacecraft carrying more than 6,300 pounds of cargo and research to the International Space Station. The mission is also slated to deliver the final pair of solar arrays for the station and return a failed Canadarm2 joint and other equipment for analysis; the second document duplicates the first.

Why it matters. The mission supplies the ISS, completes its planned solar-array augmentation, and returns hardware for inspection, supporting station operations and research.