Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission tonight for NASA astronauts on ISS after delay (video) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024, in preparation for the CRS-31 mission launch to the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX) The launch will kick off the CRS-32 cargo mission, so named because it will be the 32nd flight SpaceX performs under a commercial resupply services contract with NASA. Dragon is loaded with about 6,700 pounds (3,040 kilograms) of cargo on this run, according to NASA. "Along with food and essential equipment for the crew, Dragon is delivering a variety of experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots," NASA officials wrote in a CRS-32 mission description. "Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts, such as relativity, and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces," they added. Get the Space.com Newsletter