A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft for NASA's 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-31) mission to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:29 p.m. on 4 November 2024. Filled with more than 6,000 pounds of supplies, this launch is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA, and the 11th SpaceX launch under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS) contract. The first 20 launches were under the original resupply services contract. After an almost 13-hour flight, Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station on Tuesday, November 5 at approximately 10:15 a.m. ET.

This is the fifth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

CRS-31 is the fifth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-21, CRS-23, CRS-25, and CRS-28 to the space station.