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Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX. The first variant, later named Dragon 1 , flew 23 cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) between 2010 and 2020 before retiring.
SpaceX Dragon 1 is a class of fourteen partially reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company. The spacecraft flew 23 missions between 2010 and 2020. Dragon was launched into orbit by the company's Falcon 9 launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions.
The first privately funded company to successfully launch (by Falcon 9), orbit and recover a spacecraft (Dragon) (9 December 2010) The first private company to send a spacecraft (Dragon) to the International Space Station (25 May 2012) The first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit (SES-8, 3 December 2013)
NASA will provide live coverage of the relocation beginning at 6:15 a.m. EST on NASA+, which will end shortly after docking. Redocking of SpaceX Dragon will make room for resupply mission
The first space rendezvous was accomplished by Gemini 6A and Gemini 7 in 1965.. Records and firsts in spaceflight are broadly divided into crewed and uncrewed categories. Records involving animal spaceflight have also been noted in earlier experimental flights, typically to establish the feasibility of sending humans to outer space.
This will be the first time many ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ fans will get to step into the Isle of Berk.
SpaceX plans to reuse the Cargo Dragons up to five times. The Cargo Dragon doesn't require SuperDraco abort engines, seats, cockpit controls, or the life support system required to sustain astronauts in space. [2] [3] Dragon 2 improves on Dragon 1 in several ways, including lessened refurbishment time, leading to shorter periods between flights ...