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SpaceX CRS-33, also known as SpX-33, is a planned ISS resupply mission operated by American aerospace corporation SpaceX. [1] Under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, SpaceX delivers cargo to the ISS using the Dragon spacecraft.
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 ...
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 ...
This is because these vehicles remain physically attached to the station longer than indicated when counting the time between initial SSRMS capture and release. Formerly, the Japanese HTV and the SpaceX Dragon and currently, the Cygnus are the visiting vehicles to attach in this manner. For all other vehicles the times of docking and undocking ...
MV Shannon, formerly known as MV GO Navigator, is one of SpaceX's two Dragon capsule recovery vessels. Owned by SpaceX through Falcon Landing LLC (which also owns SpaceX's faring recovery vessels and Elon Musk's private jet), this vessel, along with its sister ship, MV Megan, is designed to retrieve Crew and Cargo Dragon capsules after splashdown.
The four currently active space station cargo vehicles. Clockwise from top left: Progress, Cargo Dragon 2, Cygnus, Tianzhou. A number of different spacecraft have been used to carry cargo to and from space stations .
[96] [97] The SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test was successfully conducted in January 2020, [98] [99] [100] setting the stage for the final, crewed test flight of Crew Dragon – SpaceX Demo-2 – which launched astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS in May 2020. [100] SpaceX launched its first operational flight, SpaceX Crew-1, on 16 ...
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.