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On February 22, 2023, NASA discussed the Dragon XL's development for the first time since its 2020 unveiling, with Mark Wiese, NASA's manager of deep space logistics for the Gateway program, answering during a panel at SpaceCom that NASA has been working with SpaceX to run a series of studies to refine the Dragon XL design and examine cargo ...
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 .
The maneuver will begin at 6:35 a.m. EDT with undocking the spacecraft from the Harmony module's forward-facing port. The Dragon is expected to be redocked by 7:18 a.m. at the module's space ...
Today the SpaceX Dragon capsule that the four-person crew are travelling aboard reached an altitude of 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) – further than any humans have travelled since the Apollo ...
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).
SpaceX launched the Dragon capsule on Saturday, Sept. 29 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. with two empty seats on the vessel saved for Wilmore and Williams, according to the AP and NPR.
In March 2020, NASA announced SpaceX as the first GLS contractor, [14] [15] [16] with the company simultaneously unveiling the Dragon XL spacecraft to be used in their flights to the Gateway. [15] [17] The spacecraft is capable of carrying 5,000 kilograms (11,000 pounds) of pressurized and unpressurized cargo in total to the Gateway. [15] [16] [18]
The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a SpaceX endurance record in the process. Space station crew gets medical evaluation after record 235-day ...