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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Delivers 6,500-lb Cargo to ISS

5/8/2026

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SpaceX launched its 34th Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on May 12 at 7:16 p.m. EDT.
Dragon, loaded with 6,500 lb of cargo such as a wooden bone scaffold and a red-cell kit, docked to the ISS Harmony forward port at 9:50 a.m. on May 14.
The spacecraft will stay on Harmony until mid-June, then return for a splashdown off California’s coast, with launch and arrival streamed on NASA+ and other platforms.

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SpaceX launched its 34th Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on May 12 at 7:16 p.m. EDT.
Dragon, loaded with 6,500 lb of cargo such as a wooden bone scaffold and a red-cell kit, docked to the ISS Harmony forward port at 9:50 a.m. on May 14.
The spacecraft will stay on Harmony until mid-June, then return for a splashdown off California’s coast, with launch and arrival streamed on NASA+ and other platforms.