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At 6:33 a.m. EDT on 13 October, a Falcon 9 rocket launched an uncrewed Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX’s thirty-fifth commercial resupply mission for NASA is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies towards the International Space Station. [1]
Docking is scheduled for around 11 a.m. EDT on 15 October: at the time of this edition, the cargo is travelling, not delivered. The verified milestone is the launch; arrival at the station remains a later stage of the mission. [1]
The bright side
A fresh supply mission has launched to support work in the orbital laboratory; launch and delivery remain separate milestones. [1]
One idea, in simple words
On 13 October, a Falcon 9 rocket left Florida carrying a capsule called Dragon. There are no people inside this capsule: it carries supplies for the International Space Station, a laboratory that travels around Earth. Its cargo weighs more than 6,300 pounds. The pound is a unit of weight used in the United States. This resupply mission is called CRS-35. [1]
Arrival is scheduled for 15 October, so we cannot say that delivery has already happened. To understand the difference, think of a parcel as an example: leaving a warehouse is not the same as reaching your home. A space mission also has several stages to check. Today we know that launch happened; docking with the station still has to be completed. [1]
A little discovery to keep
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Straight from the source.
- SpaceX Dragon Lifts Off for Thursday Cargo Delivery NASA · 13 Oct 2026
- Dragon Launches New Cargo as Crew Works Biomedicine, Advanced Space Tech NASA · 13 Oct 2026
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