Cygnus CRS Orb-2 Capability: Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics Maiden Flight: 2013-09-18 Flight Life: 1 Week to 2 Years design life. Payload Capacity: 2000 Cygnus CRS Orb-2, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 2, was the third flight of the Orbital Sciences’ unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus, its third flight to the International Space Station, and the fourth launch […]
Cygnus CRS Orb-3 Capability: Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics Maiden Flight: 2013-09-18 Flight Life: 1 Week to 2 Years design life. Payload Capacity: 2000 Cygnus CRS Orb-3, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 3 or Orbital 3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States-based company Orbital Sciences, on 28 October 2014. […]
Cygnus NG-10 Capability: Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics Maiden Flight: 2015-12-06 Flight Life: 1 Week to 2 Years design life. Payload Capacity: 3200 Cygnus NG-10, previously known as CRS OA-10E, is the eleventh flight of the Northrop Grumman unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its tenth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with […]
Cygnus NG-11 “S.S. Roger Chaffee” Capability: Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics Maiden Flight: 2015-12-06 Flight Life: 1 Week to 2 Years design life. Payload Capacity: 3200 Cygnus NG-11, previously known as CRS OA-11, is the twelfth planned flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its eleventh flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract […]
Dragon C101 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 First Dragon mission, second Falcon 9 launch. Mission tested the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule. After recovery, the capsule was put on display at SpaceX’s headquarters. […]
Dragon C102 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 First Dragon mission with complete spacecraft, first rendezvous mission, first berthing with ISS. After recovery, the capsule was put on display at Kennedy Space Center. History Dragon is a […]
Dragon C103 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 First Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission for NASA, first non-demo mission. Falcon 9 rocket suffered a partial engine failure during launch but was able to deliver Dragon into orbit. […]
Dragon C104 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 First launch of Dragon using trunk section to carry cargo. Launch was successful, but anomalies occurred with the spacecraft’s thrusters shortly after liftoff. Thruster function was later restored and […]
Dragon C105 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 First launch of the redesigned Dragon: same outer mold line with the avionics and cargo racks redesigned to supply substantially more electric power to powered cargo devices, including additional […]
Dragon C106 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 This was the first dragon vehicle to be used for more than one mission. This capsule flew on CRS-4 which carried SpaceX’s first living payload in the form […]
Dragon C107 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 Cargo manifest change due to Cygnus CRS Orb-3 launch failure. Carried the Cloud Aerosol Transport System experiment. History Dragon is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space […]
Dragon C108 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 This capsule flew both CRS-6, CRS-13, and CRS-18 It is the first three time flown dragon capsule. As part of CRS-6 the robotic SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed […]
Dragon C109 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 This vehicle was intended to deliver the first of two International Docking Adapters to modify the ISS adapters so that they could be used for future commercial crew missions. […]
Dragon C110 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 This capsule was used on both CRS-8 and CRS-14. On CRS-8 this vehicle delivered the Bigelow BEAM module in its unpressurized cargo trunk. It was also used to […]
Dragon C111 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 The C111 capsule was flown on CRS-9 and CRS-15. On CRS-9 the mission carried IDA-2 to modify the ISS docking port for commercial crew spacecraft. History Dragon […]
Dragon C112 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 The C112 capsule was flown on CRS-10, CRS-16 and CRS-20. On CRS-10 the capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center from pad 39A. This was the first […]
Dragon C113 Capability: ISS Logistics Maiden Flight: 2010-12-08 Flight Life: One week free flight, up to two years while docked to the International Space Station. Payload Capacity: 4200 Capsule C113 was the last new Dragon 1 spacecraft manufactured. It was used on CRS-12 History Dragon is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space […]
DragonFly Capability: Crew Flights to ISS Maiden Flight: 2019-03-02 Flight Life: Able to fly for up to one week of free flight or two years docked. Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 The DragonFly vehicle was a mockup of the Dragon 2 vehicle used in the pad abort test. History Crew Dragon 2 is a spacecraft […]
Dream Chaser Tenacity Capability: Cargo transportation to and from the ISS. Flight Life: Multiple months Crew Capacity: 7 Payload Capacity: 5000 First operational Dream Chaser. History The Dream Chaser Cargo System is an American reusable lifting body spaceplane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems. Originally intended as a crewed vehicle, the Dream Chaser Space System, […]
Edoardo Amaldi ATV Capability: Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics Maiden Flight: 2008-03-09 Flight Life: Six months when docked Payload Capacity: 7667 The Edoardo Amaldi ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 003 (ATV-003), was a European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft, named after the 20th-century Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi. The spacecraft was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on 23 March […]
Gemini SC1 Capability: Human transportation to low Earth orbit. Maiden Flight: 1964-04-08 Flight Life: Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved). Crew Capacity: 2 Gemini SC1 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 1 mission launched on April 8, 1964. History The Gemini crew capsule (referred to as the Reentry […]
Gemini SC10 Capability: Human transportation to low Earth orbit. Maiden Flight: 1964-04-08 Flight Life: Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved). Crew Capacity: 2 Gemini SC10 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 10 mission launched on July 18, 1966 and crewed by astronauts John W. Young (command pilot) and […]
Gemini SC11 Capability: Human transportation to low Earth orbit. Maiden Flight: 1964-04-08 Flight Life: Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved). Crew Capacity: 2 Gemini SC11 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 11 mission launched on September 12, 1966 and crewed by astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. (command pilot) […]
Gemini SC12 Capability: Human transportation to low Earth orbit. Maiden Flight: 1964-04-08 Flight Life: Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved). Crew Capacity: 2 Gemini SC12 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 12 mission launched on November 11, 1966 and crewed by astronauts James A. Lovell, Jr. (command pilot) […]
Gemini SC2 Capability: Human transportation to low Earth orbit. Maiden Flight: 1964-04-08 Flight Life: Between a few hours and multiple days (14 day is the maximum achieved). Crew Capacity: 2 Gemini SC2 is the Gemini capsule used for the Gemini 2 mission launched on January 19, 1965. History The Gemini crew capsule (referred to as the Reentry […]