Watch SpaceX launch 6,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station today

NASA's SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Launch - YouTube Watch On SpaceX will launch its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station this evening (May 12), and you can watch the action live. The robotic Dragon is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency . Coverage will start at 7:00 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). SpaceX's CRS-33 Dragon cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on Aug. 25, 2025, for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. (Image credit: NASA) The launch will kick off the CRS-34 mission, so named because it will be the 34th flight SpaceX conducts for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program. Dragon is loaded up with about 6,500 pounds (2,950 kilograms) of supplies, hardware and scientific experiments for CRS-34. Among the scientific gear are "a project to determine how well Earth-based simulators mimic microgravity conditions, a bone scaffold made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, and equipment to evaluate how red blood cells and the spleen change in space to protect future astronauts," NASA officials wrote in a CRS-34 media advisory . This stuff will get to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (May 14) around 9:50 a.m. …