CRS SpX-34 Launch Thread

Scheduled for (UTC) 2026-05-15 22:05:41
Scheduled for (local) 2026-05-15, 18:05:41 (EDT)
Launch Window Instantaneous
Docking scheduled for (UTC) 2026-05-17 ~11:00
Launch site SLC-40 Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Payload Dragon SpX-33
Booster B1096-6
Landing LZ-40
Dragon C209-6
Customer NASA
Mission success criteria Successful transportation of cargo to and from ISS

Webcasts

Stream Link
NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J8pbaLkRuE (scrub)
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdCYRAj6PMI (scrub)
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgsg7NAxAvk (scrub)
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5ehLQHSCQ (scrub)
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAlXy_59oE (scrub)
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2055404175429705979 (scrub)
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPYwzPXK8lg

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 27th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 14 days, 3:59:31 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 107 days, 17:12:25 turnaround for B1096

☑️ 4th landing on LZ-40

☑️ 617th Falcon family booster landing, 629th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 56th Falcon 9 launch this year, 639th overall

☑️ 57th SpaceX mission this year, 667th overall (excluding Starship flight tests)

☑️ 57th SpaceX launch this year, 676th overall (including Starship flight tests)


Mission Details 🚀

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10 Comments

ptfrd@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 100d

New spoonerism deployed: GRIN FIDS

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 103d

Hold called at T-28 seconds due to weather.

Given the instantaneous launch window, that's a scrub for the day.

Edit: Yup, and that's a 2-day recycle.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 101d

Liftoff, MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and boostback burn.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 101d

Nosecone deployment and Draco checkouts confirmed.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 103d
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 101d (2 replies)

Dragon separation confirmed.

ptfrd@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 100d

A view of sep from the trunk during the livestream at T+9:24

More views from the trunk at T+ :

  • 10:28
  • 11:18 (which then switches to an internal camera?)
  • 12:04
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 100d

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2055412542155956656

Dragon separation confirmed. Autonomous docking with the @Space_Station on Sunday, May 17 at ~7:00 a.m. ET

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 101d

SECO, nominal orbit insertion.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 101d

Stage 1 landing confirmed!