NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Oct. 13, to launch the 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, the agency said in an Oct. 7 overview. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies is to lift off on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, then dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk will monitor the arrival.

The science payload includes LambdaVision-1, which tests manufacturing artificial eye retinas in microgravity; Stellar Spheroids, studying 3D human heart tissue models; ELF-Unconventional Glass 2, examining glass formed from non-traditional elements; and MINDS, which studies brain organoids and inflammation linked to neurodegenerative diseases.

Cargo includes the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays and hardware for Artemis III. Dragon is expected to stay about a month, splashing down in the Pacific in mid-November with a failed Canadarm2 joint for analysis, a spacesuit for refurbishment, and water and urine processor components. NASA planned launch and docking coverage.