By NASA information center // October 31, 2024 Mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA image) (NASA) – NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency. Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Live launch coverage will begin at 9:10 p.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA’s arrival coverage will begin at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module. In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, including the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment, to examine solar wind and how it forms. Dragon also delivers Antarctic moss to observe cosmic radiation’s and microgravity’s combined effects on plants. Other investigations aboard include a device to test cold welding of metals in microgravity and an investigation that studies how space impacts different materials. Media interested in speaking to a science subject matter expert should contact Leah Cheshier at leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov. The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until December, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. NASA’s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations): Monday, Nov. 4: 3:30 p.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants: ■ Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program ■ Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program ■ Jared Metter, director, flight reliability, SpaceX Media who wish to participate by phone must request dial-in information by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, by emailing Kennedy’s newsroom at: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website. ■ 9:10 p.m. – Launch coverage begins on NASA+ and the agency’s website. ■ 9:29 p.m. – Launch Tuesday, Nov. 5: