Crew Dragon [SpaceX]
Crew Dragon [SpaceX]
Crew Dragon Pad Abort Vehicle [SpaceX]
Crew Dragon is a crewed space capsule designed by SpaceX to ferry crews to the International space station. It is based on the uncrewed Dragon supply capsule.
Under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative's base period, SpaceX will make the final modifications necessary to prepare Dragon to safely transport astronauts into space. These include:
The propulsive landing system was discarded in 2017, but might be resurrected in later versions.
SpaceX will demonstrate that Dragon will be able to escape a launch-pad emergency by firing integrated SuperDraco engines to carry the spacecraft safely to the ocean. SpaceX will also conduct an in-flight abort test that allows Dragon to escape at the moment of maximum aerodynamic drag, again by firing the SuperDraco thrusters to carry the spacecraft a safe distance from the rocket. SpaceX expects to undertake its first crewed flight by early 2017.
In September 2014, SpaceX's Crew Dragon was selected for the commercial crew program and received a funding of $2.6 billion.
The first two operational missions were ordered in November 2015 and July 2016.
The first uncrewed flight demonstration mission (DM-1) was launched in March 2019 and docked successfully with the ISS. After the successful return, the capsule was to be refurbished to fly again on the suborbital abort mission test flight, but was destroyed on 21 April 2019 during a ground test of the propulsion system.
The first crewed flight took place on 30 May 2020.
The Crew Dragon will also be used for space tourism missions. The Crew Dragon Ax1 mission for Axiom Space will take three space tourists to the ISS for a short duration visit in late 2021. A mission for Space Adventures will fly four space tourists in a stand-alone mission on an elliptical orbit higher above the ISS for a 5 day mission.
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Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Crewed spacecraft |
Operator: | SpaceX |
Contractors: | SpaceX |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | |
Propulsion: | 8 × SuperDraco thrusters, ? × Draco thrusters |
Power: | 2 fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 12055 kg (#1) |
Orbit: | 400 km × 400 km, 51.6° (typical) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test | N/A | 06.05.2015 | CC SLC-40 | * | Crew Dragon | |
Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (Dragon C205-F1) | N/A | 19.01.2020 | CCK LC-39A | * | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) IFA | |
Crew Dragon DM-1 (Dragon C204-F1) | 2019-011A | 02.03.2019 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon DM-2 (Dragon C206-F1, Endeavour F1) | 2020-033A | 30.05.2020 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 1 (Dragon C207-F1, Resilience F1, Crew 1, USCV 1) | 2020-084A | 16.11.2020 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 2 (Dragon C206-F2, Endeavour F2, Crew 2, USCV 2) | 2020-030A | 23.04.2021 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 3 (Dragon C210-F1, Endurance F1, Crew 3, USCV 3) | 2021-103A | 11.11.2021 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 4 (Dragon C212-F1, Freedom F1, Crew 4, USCV 4) | 2022-042A | 27.04.2022 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 5 (Dragon C210-F2, Endurance F2, Crew 5, USCV-5) | 2022-124A | 05.10.2022 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 6 (Dragon C206-F4, Endeavour F4, Crew 6, USCV 6) | 2023-027A | 02.03.2023 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 7 (Dragon C210-F3, Endurance F3, Crew 7, USCV 7) | 2023-128A | 26.08.2023 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 8 (Dragon C206-F5, Endeavour F5, Crew 8, USCV 8) | - | 2024 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 9 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 9) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 10 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 10) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 11 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 11) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 12 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 12) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 13 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 13) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon 14 (Dragon C2xx-Fx, Crew 14) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Ax1 (Dragon C206-F3, Endeavour F3) | 2022-037A | 08.04.2022 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Ax2 (Dragon C212-F2, Freedom F2) | 2023-070A | 21.05.2023 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Ax3 (Dragon C20x-Fx) | - | 2024 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Ax4 (Dragon C20x-Fx) | - | 2024 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Inspiration4 (Dragon C207-F2, Resilience F2) | 2021-084A | 16.09.2021 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Polaris Dawn (Dragon C207-F3, Resilience F3) | - | 2024 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon Polaris Mission 2 (Dragon C2xx-Fx) | - | 202x | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Crew Dragon VAST-1 (Dragon C2xx-Fx) | - | 2025 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
Lunar Dragon 1 | - | cancelled | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) |
* = suborbital
Further ISS crew transport missions: ISS complex
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