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Dragon 1 was the original Dragon iteration, providing cargo service to the ISS. It flew 23 missions between 2010 and 2020, when it was retired. On May 25, 2012, NASA astronaut Don Pettit operated the Canadarm2 to grapple the first SpaceX Dragon and berth it to the Harmony module. This marked the first time a private spacecraft had ever ...
SpaceX Crew-1 [6] [7] (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) [8] was the first operational [b] crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. It was also the second crewed orbital flight launch by the United States since that of STS-135 in July 2011.
The last flight of the Dragon 1 spacecraft launched 7 March 2020 (UTC) on cargo resupply mission to International Space Station (ISS). This was the last mission of SpaceX's first Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract, and marked the retirement of the Dragon 1 fleet.
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the second overall flight of the Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX.It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. [4]
The first water landing of a first stage orbital capable rocket (Falcon 9) (8 April 2016 20:53 UTC) The development of the most powerful operational rocket as of 2020 (Falcon Heavy, first flight 6 February 2018) The first private company to send humans into orbit (Crew Dragon Demo-2, 30 May 2020) [67] [68] [69] [70]
Polaris Dawn is the first of three human spaceflights under the Polaris Program, all of which are intended to test SpaceX technologies needed to carry humans deep into the cosmos.. On the day of ...
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 .
Three days after the first launch attempt was scrubbed, the Crew Dragon Endeavour launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at 19:22:45 UTC on 30 May 2020. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] The first stage booster (serial number B1058 ) landed autonomously on the floating barge Of Course I Still Love You , which was prepositioned ...