Cargo Dragon 2
Photo Credit: NASA
Cargo Dragon 2 is a autonomous spaceship capable of bringing science to and from the International Space Station with large pressurized and un-pressurized sections to support a variety of missions.
- Height: 7.2 m
- Diameter: 3.7 m
- Human Rated: No
- Maiden Flight: 12/6/2020
- Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
- Payload Return Capacity: 3000 kg
- Flight Life: Able to fly for up to one week of free flight or two years docked.
- Spacecraft Flown: 3
- Total Launches: 13
- Successful Launches: 13
- Attempted Landings: 13
- Successful Landings: 13
- Fastest Turnaround: 164 days 6 hrs 38 min 8 sec
History
Cargo Dragon 2 is an updated version of the original Dragon spaceship designed to service the International Space Station with first flights conducted in 2020.
In contrast to Dragon 1 it docks to the International Space Station instead of being berthed by the Canada Arm.
Agency
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
