SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched CRS-31, NASA’s re-supply mission to the astronauts on the International Space Station on Monday, November 4, at 9:29 p.m. ET. This was Dragon’s 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-31) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“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,” a NASA press release said.
Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
This is the fifth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 successfully landed at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
