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The spacecraft, which consists of a reusable space capsule and an expendable trunk module, has two variants: the 4-person Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon, a replacement for the Dragon 1 cargo capsule. The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, and the capsule returns to Earth through splashdown .
Red Dragon was a cancelled version of the Dragon spacecraft that had been previously proposed to fly farther than Earth orbit and transit to Mars via interplanetary space. In addition to SpaceX's own privately funded plans for an eventual Mars mission, NASA Ames Research Center had developed a concept called Red Dragon.
It is the first reused SpaceX Dragon capsule to be reflown into space, having its second launch in 2017. [2] C106 was first used on CRS-4, and then used again for the CRS-11 and CRS-19 missions. [3] It was the second capsule after C108 to be used a third time, marking a milestone in SpaceX's drive to reduce space launch costs through reusing ...
The Crew Dragon capsule has crossed over the Pacific Ocean blackspot and video signal has returned, showing the Polaris Dawn crew safely inside. They’re still suited up as they await the ...
The Cargo Dragon spacecraft was loaded with a total of 2,762 kg (6,089 lb) of cargo and supplies before its launch, including 2,435 kg (5,368 lb) of pressurised and 327 kg (721 lb) of unpressurised cargo.
The automated capsule launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and took 27 hours to reach the space station. This was the second astronaut mission for Elon Musk's company. SpaceX Dragon Capsule ...
SpaceX CRS-12, also known as SpX-12, was a Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station launched on 14 August 2017. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a new Dragon capsule. [8]
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov boarded the ISS shortly after the Dragon capsule docked at the station at 2130 GMT, NASA said in a post on X. The SpaceX Crew-9 ...