Dragon
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : January 10, 2015
First Flight : December 8, 2010
Total Production : 29
Model | Status | Year | Produced |
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Dragon | Retired - No Longer Operational | 2015 | 14 |
Dragon 2 | Active | 2020 | 13 |
Dragon XL | Under Development | 2028 | 2 |
Dragon
Group : Spaceships
Status : Retired - No Longer Operational
Also Known As : Cargo Dragon, DragonLab
Origin : United States of America
Contractor : SpaceX
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : January 10, 2015
First Flight : December 8, 2010
Total Production : 14
The Crew Dragon is a free-flying, reusable spacecraft being developed by SpaceX under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Its development started in 2005, the Dragon spacecraft is made up of a pressurized capsule and unpressurized trunk used for Earth to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) transport of pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo, and/or up to seven crew members. In December 2008, NASA announced the selection of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) when the Space Shuttle retires. The $1.6 billion contract represents a minimum of 12 flights, with an option to order additional missions for a cumulative total contract value of up to $3.1 billion.
The Dragon spacecraft is comprises three elements: the Nosecone, which protects the vessel and the docking adaptor during ascent; the Spacecraft, which houses the crew and/or pressurized cargo as well as the service section containing avionics, the Remote Control System (RCS), parachutes, and other support infrastructure; and the Trunk, which provides for the stowage of unpressurized cargo and will support Dragon's solar arrays and thermal radiators. Dragon also provides facilities for in-space technology demonstrations and scientific instrument testing. Fully commercial, non-ISS Dragon flights are being carried out under the name DragonLab.
SpaceX built 14 Dragon spacecraft with the last launch performed on March 7, 2020.
Operators
Country | Status | State | Notes |
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United States of America | Retired - No Longer Operational | 14 |
Specifications
Notes | ||
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Crew | 7 | |
Dimensions | ||
Diameter | 3.6 meter | |
Length | 5.2 meter | |
Mass | ||
Max Takeoff Weight | 6,000 kilogram |
Dragon 2
Group : Spaceships
Status : Active
Also Known As : Cargo Dragon 2, Crew Dragon
Origin : United States of America
Contractor : SpaceX
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : May 30, 2020
First Flight : March 2, 2019
Total Production : 13
The Dragon 2 is the successor to the Dragon reusable spacecraft with its main task being delivering payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) beginning in 2019. The Crew Dragon can transport up to four astronauts to the ISS while the Cargo Dragon 2 takes care of lifting payloads with the first launch successfully carried out on May 30, 2020, and March 2, 2019, respectively. The Cargo Dragon 2 uses the same propulsion used on the Dragon 1 while the Crew Dragon uses eight SuperDraco thrusters delivering 16,000-lb of thrust each. The Dragon 2 will be delivering cargoes and personnel to the ISS on behalf of the NASA at least until 2024.
Operators
Country | Status | State | Notes |
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United States of America | Active | 13 |
Specifications
Notes | ||
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Crew | 4 | |
Dimensions | ||
Diameter | 4 meter | |
Length | 8.1 meter | |
Mass | ||
Max Takeoff Weight | 12,519 kilogram | |
Payload | 6,000 kilogram |
Dragon XL
Group : Spaceships
Status : Under Development
Origin : United States of America
Contractor : SpaceX
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2028
First Flight : 2028
Total Production : 2
The Dragon XL spacecraft is a new variant to be launched in 2028 on top of the Falcon Heavy space launch vehicle. The Dragon XL is expected to support the Lunar Gateway orbital station by carrying critical supplies using a translunar injection orbit. The Dragon XL program was approved by NASA in March 2020.
Operators
Country | Status | State | Notes |
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United States of America | Planned | 2 |
News
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic
For the first time in history, a commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket, which launched from American soil, is on its way to the International Space Station.
Hawthorne, CA – Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit in an exciting start to the
Lands on Target in the Pacific Ocean, 500 miles Off of the Coast of Southern California SpaceX/NASA to Hold Post-Mission Press Conference at 3:30 PM EST Cape Canaveral,
A test launch of the Falcon-9 carrier rocket that is to deliver cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in the future was carried out on Friday, NASA reported.
Photo Gallery
June 2010
Dragon spacecraft on Falcon 9 rocket
Notes
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning
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