Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch 34th Cargo Dragon mission to the space station

SpaceX is getting ready to launch a Cargo Dragon loaded with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday evening, weather permitting.

SpaceX's 34th mission for NASA as part of its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contracts.

Liftoff of the CRS-34 mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), is scheduled for precisely 7:16:31 p. m. EDT (2316:31 UTC), with the rocket flying on a northeasterly trajectory to target a rendezvous with the orbiting space station.