A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science, supplies and roll-out solar arrays launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, NASA reported. The uncrewed cargo was scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Among the payload is science exploring the creation of artificial retinas and the growth of heart tissues in weightlessness. Dragon also carries the final pair of roll-out solar arrays, which are to be installed during upcoming spacewalks to augment the station's power generation system.

As the seven-member Expedition 75 crew awaited the delivery, NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney used a medical imaging device for eye checks, while Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk inspected and cleaned a science freezer in the Kibo laboratory module. Kutryk also wore the Bio-Monitor vest and headband.

Station commander Pyotr Dubrov and flight engineer Anna Kikina of Roscosmos tested an exoskeleton suit for remotely controlling robots as part of the next-generation Teledroid experiment. Cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, on his first spaceflight, cleaned smoke detectors in the Nauka science module.