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.jpg) Crew Dragon approaching the ISS in March 2019 during Demo-1 | |||
| Manufacturer | SpaceX | ||
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| Operator | SpaceX | ||
| Applications | ISS crew and cargo transport; private astronaut transport | ||
| Website | spacex.com/vehicles/dragon | ||
| Specifications | |||
| Launch mass | 12,500 kg (27,600 lb) (at ISS undock)[3][a] | ||
| Dry mass | 7,700 kg (17,000 lb)[4] (at reentry)[b] | ||
| Payload capacity | |||
| Crew capacity | 4[d] | ||
| Dimensions | |||
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| Equipment | Crews and pressurized as well as unpressurized logistics | ||
| Regime | LEO | ||
| Design life | |||
| Production | |||
| Status | Active | ||
| Built | 12 (6 crew, 3 cargo, 3 prototypes) 1 under construction (crew) | ||
| Launched | 10 cargo, 13 crew, 2 suborbital | ||
| Operational | Yes | ||
| Retired | 3 | ||
| Lost | 1 (in testing) | ||
| Maiden launch | 2 March 2019 (uncrewed test) 30 May 2020 (crewed) 6 December 2020 (cargo) | ||
| Related spacecraft | |||
| Derived from | SpaceX Dragon 1 | ||
| Engine details | |||
| Propellant mass | 2,562 kg (5,648 lb)[4] | ||
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| Maximum thrust | 18 × 400 N (90 lbf) | ||
| Specific impulse | 300s (vacuum) | ||
| Propellant | NTO / MMH[7] | ||
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Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by American space company SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX also launches private missions, such as Inspiration4 and Axiom Space Missions. There are two variants of the Dragon spacecraft: Crew Dragon, a spacecraft capable of ferrying four[8] crewmembers, and Cargo Dragon, a replacement for the original Dragon 1 used to carry freight to and from space. The spacecraft consists of a reusable space capsule and an expendable trunk module. The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and the capsule returns to Earth through splashdown. It has proven to be the most cost effective spacecraft in history to be used by NASA.[9]
Cargo Dragon supplies cargo to the ISS under a Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. The first flight of Dragon 2 in a cargo configuration launched in December 2020. It shares this duty with Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, and Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spaceplane is expected to join them in 2024.[10] As of July 2023, it is the only reusable orbital cargo spacecraft in operation.
As of July 2023, Crew Dragon is the only U.S. human-rated orbital transport spacecraft. Crew Dragon's primary role is to transport crews to and from the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program, succeeding the crew orbital transportation capabilities of the Space Shuttle, which retired from service in 2011. It is expected to be joined by Boeing's Starliner in this role in 2024. Crew Dragon is also used for commercial flights, some of them to the ISS, and is expected to be used to shuttle people to and from Axiom Space's planned space station.
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At the time of undock, Dragon Endeavour and its trunk weigh approximately 27,600 pounds
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- ^ a b "Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Issuing SpaceX a Launch License for an In-Flight Dragon Abort Test" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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- ^ Clark, Stephen (7 December 2019). "After redesigns, the finish line is in sight for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
'With [the addition of parachutes] and the angle of the seats, we could not get seven anymore', Shotwell said. "So now we only have four seats. That was kind of a big change for us".
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