Dragon 2
Dragon 2 is a class of reusable spacecraft currently in development by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX , designed as the successor to the Dragon cargo spacecraft . The spacecraft are designed for launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and a splashdown return. In comparison to its predecessor, it has larger windows, new flight computers and avionics , redesigned solar arrays , and a modified outer mold line . The spacecraft will be produced in two variants, Crew Dragon 2 , a human-rated capsule capable of carrying up to seven astronauts, and Cargo Dragon 2 , an updated replacement for the original Dragon. Crew Dragon 2 will be uniquely equipped with a set of four side-mounted thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each, which can serve as a launch escape system . While both variants will be commissioned for logistical operations of the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) and Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs, the crewed variant was originally planned for use beyond Low Earth orbit , with a tourist flight to the Moon originally planning to utilize Crew Dragon 2.
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Dragon 2 is a class of reusable spacecraft currently in development by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX , designed as the successor to the Dragon cargo spacecraft . The spacecraft are designed for launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and a splashdown return. In comparison to its predecessor, it has larger windows, new flight computers and avionics , redesigned solar arrays , and a modified outer mold line . The spacecraft will be produced in two variants, Crew Dragon 2 , a human-rated capsule capable of carrying up to seven astronauts, and Cargo Dragon 2 , an updated replacement for the original Dragon. Crew Dragon 2 will be uniquely equipped with a set of four side-mounted thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each, which can serve as a launch escape system . While both variants will be commissioned for logistical operations of the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) and Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs, the crewed variant was originally planned for use beyond Low Earth orbit , with a tourist flight to the Moon originally planning to utilize Crew Dragon 2. |
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| 2017 |
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1. Dragon 2 development history |
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Dragon 2 (also Crew Dragon , Dragon V2 , or formerly DragonRider ) is the second version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which will be a human-rated vehicle. [6] It includes a set of four side-mounted thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each, which can serve as a launch escape system or launch abort system (LAS) or potentially be used for propulsive landings. Also, it has much larger windows, new flight computers and avionics , and redesigned solar arrays , and a modified outer mold line from the initial cargo Dragon that has been flying for several years. [7] |
| 2016 |
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1. Dragon 2 development history |
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Dragon 2 (also Crew Dragon , Dragon V2 , or formerly DragonRider ) is the second version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which will be a human-rated vehicle able to make a terrestrial soft landing . [9] It includes a set of four side-mounted thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each, which can serve as a launch escape system (or launch abort system (LAS)) or be used for propulsive landings. Also, it has much larger windows, landing legs which extend from the bottom of the spacecraft, new flight computers and avionics , and redesigned solar arrays , all packaged in a spacecraft with a changed outer mold line from the initial cargo Dragon that has been flying for several years. [10] |
| 2015 |
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1. Dragon V2 development history |
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Dragon V2 (aka Crew Dragon , or Dragon 2 , and formerly, DragonRider ) is the second version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which will be a human-rated vehicle capable of making a terrestrial soft landing . [7] It includes a set of four side-mounted thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each which can serve as a Launch Abort System (LAS) or be used for propulsive landings. In addition, it has much larger windows, landing legs which extend from the bottom of the spacecraft, new computers and avionics , and redesigned solar arrays , all packaged in a spacecraft with a changed outer mold line from the initial cargo Dragon that has been flying for several years. [8] |
| 2014 |
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1. Dragon V2 development history |
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Dragon V2 is the second version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which will be a human-rated vehicle capable of making a terrestrial soft landing . [7] It will include a set of eight much-larger side-mounted thruster pods which can serve as a Launch Abort System (LAS) or be used for propulsive landings, as well as much larger windows, landing legs which extend from the bottom of the spacecraft, new computers and avionics , and redesigned solar arrays , all packaged in a spacecraft with a changed outer mold line from the initial cargo Dragon that has been flying for several years. [8] |