CRS-32 (Falcon 9)
21 April 2025
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon spacecraft's 32nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-32) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center at 4:15 a.m. on 21 April 2025. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1).

CRS-32 is the fifth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-22, CRS-24, CRS-27, and CRS-30 to the space station. This is the third flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-69 and a Starlink mission.

LONG DISTANCE VIEWS OF THE LAUNCH
Booster separation & boostback burn.
First stage entry burn.
EXCERPTS FROM NASA CRS-32 MEDIA RELEASES [IMAGE CREDITS: NASA]

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:15 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 21, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbiting laboratory for the agency.

Filled with about 6,700 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Along with food and essential equipment for the crew, Dragon is delivering a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.

The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May, when it will depart and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.

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