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Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by American space company SpaceX, for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions.
Dragon 2 is the successor to SpaceX's first Dragon spacecraft, developed for NASA's Commercial Crew and Resupply Services programs. Learn about its history, upgrades, flights, and more from SpaceExplored.com's guides and news stories.
Dragon is a reusable spacecraft that can carry up to 7 passengers and significant amounts of cargo to and from Earth orbit, and beyond. It is the only private spacecraft to take humans to the ISS and has a launch abort system, attitude control thrusters and parachute system.
Dec 6, 2020 · The web page reports on the first flight of Cargo Dragon 2, the upgraded un-crewed cargo spacecraft by SpaceX, which launched on 6 December 2020 and docked to the ISS on 7 December 2020. It also provides details on the launch, docking, and the differences between Cargo Dragon and Cargo Dragon 2.
Jun 9, 2023 · Dragon has set multiple American spaceflight records during its latest mission, a robotic resupply run to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA that lifted off on Monday (June 5) and...
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 ( Demo-1 ) took place in March 2019, followed by a crewed flight test ( Demo-2 ) in May 2020.
Dragon C208 is the first Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the first in a line of International Space Station resupply craft which replaced the Dragon capsule, manufactured by SpaceX. The mission is contracted by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.
