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SpaceX Dragon docks with final ISS roll-out solar-array pair

NASA’s 35th commercial SpaceX resupply mission docked at 10:27 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15 with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo and the station’s final roll-out solar-array pair.

An unbranded cargo capsule carrying two rolled solar arrays approaches the space station above Earth.

SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply mission for NASA launched at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Dragon carried more than 6,300 pounds of supplies, experiments, and hardware to the International Space Station.

The cargo includes the station’s final pair of roll-out solar arrays. NASA says their planned installation during later spacewalks will complete a power-system expansion supporting research, operations, and the station’s eventual controlled deorbit.

Dragon docked at 10:27 a.m. EDT

NASA scheduled rendezvous and docking coverage for 9:15 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15. Dragon then docked autonomously at 10:27 a.m. EDT at the space-facing port of the Harmony module. The completed status comes from NASA’s station update, not from the scheduled time merely passing.

The spacecraft is expected to remain at the station until mid-November before returning time-sensitive research and other cargo to Earth off the California coast.

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