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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 .
Crew Dragon Endeavour (serial number C206) is the first operational Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX. The spacecraft is named after Space Shuttle Endeavour . It first launched on 30 May 2020 to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission.
Crew Dragon Freedom (serial number C212) is the fourth operational Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX.It first launched on 27 April 2022 to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Crew-4 mission.
The Dragon spacecraft was launched by the Falcon 9 rocket, which SpaceX describes as a “reusable, two-stage rocket,” making it the first reusable rocket of its kind.
Crew Dragon Endurance (serial number C210) is the third operational SpaceX Dragon 2 reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX. It first launched on 11 November 2021 to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Crew-3 mission. It has subsequently been used for the Crew-5 mission launched in October 2022 and the Crew-7 ...
An improved version, the Dragon 2, was introduced in 2019 and has two versions: Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon. The first un-crewed flight test took place in March 2019, followed by a crewed flight test in May 2020. The Crew Dragon is one of the primary spacecraft ferrying crew members to and from the ISS and on private missions.
After the reusable Dragon spacecraft’s first flight, a SpaceX crew retrieved the spaceship from the ocean in December of that year. According to Berger, workers immediately checked for fuel leaks .
Pad 40 now features a 265-foot-tall launch support tower, a 91.5-foot-long crew access arm for astronauts and technicians to reach a waiting Crew Dragon and a pad escape system to enable flight ...