A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, stands tall at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in preparation for a launch to the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the international crew.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission arrives at SpaceX’s hangar at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, after a short journey from a nearby processing facility. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A successful liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, heads to the International Space Station for the 21st Northrop Grumman resupply mission on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. The spacecraft is expected to reach the space station Tuesday, Aug. 6, bringing 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (left) and NASA astronaut Nick Hague smile and wave inside a Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of liftoff on Saturday; Sept. 28; 2024. Hague and Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT for the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission arrives at SpaceX’s hangar at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, after a short journey from a nearby processing facility. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, stands tall at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in preparation for a launch to the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the international crew.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the orbiting laboratory on the company’s ninth crew rotation flight for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov walk through the crew access arm connecting the launch tower to the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ahead NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission launch on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Hague and Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT for the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (left) and NASA astronaut Nick Hague smile and wave inside a Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of liftoff on Saturday; Sept. 28; 2024. Hague and Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT for the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop a SpaceX 9 Falcon rocket, soars from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, for the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply mission for NASA. The spacecraft is expected to reach the space station Tuesday, Aug. 6, bringing 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the orbiting laboratory on the company’s ninth crew rotation flight for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

As preparations continue for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station on the company’s ninth crew rotation flight for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, soars from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, for the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply mission for NASA. The spacecraft is expected to reach the space station Tuesday, Aug. 6, bringing 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, soars from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, for the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply mission for NASA. The spacecraft is expected to reach the space station Tuesday, Aug. 6, bringing 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew.