Vehicle / SINCE 2019

Crew Dragon 2

ABOUT

Crew Dragon 2 is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. Dragon is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. It is one of two American Spacecraft being develeoped capable of lifting American Astronauts to the International Space Station. The first crewed flight, launched on 30 May 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station in the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the US since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011, and the first ever operated by a commercial provider.

SPECIFICATIONS 9
Type Capsule
Height 7.2 m
Diameter 3.7 m
Crew Capacity 4
Payload Capacity 6,000 kg
Human Rated Yes
Total Launches 22
Successful Launches 22
Maiden Flight 2019-03-02