The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit, and beyond. It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth, and is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the space station.

Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX. The first variant, later named Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) between 2010 and 2020 before retiring.

The spacecraft, which consists of a reusable space capsule and an expendable trunk module, has two variants: the 4-person Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon, a replacement for the Dragon 1 cargo capsule. The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, and the capsule returns to Earth through splashdown. [5]

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Mar 28, 2022 · SpaceX has ended production of new Crew Dragon capsules, which transport astronauts back and forth from the International Space Station, according to a Reuters report Monday. An executive told...

Dec 17, 2024 · SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule splashed down off the Florida coast at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT) today (Dec. 17), a day after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS). CRS-31...

Feb 13, 2025 · Dragon, privately developed spacecraft built by the American corporation SpaceX and the first private spacecraft to carry astronauts to orbit. The first flight of a Dragon that carried two astronauts to the ISS launched in May 2020.

Aug 27, 2023 · A SpaceX Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station Sunday (Aug. 27) with a new astronaut crew to begin a half-year mission.

Oct 15, 2022 · The SpaceX Dragon capsule Freedom returns to Earth on Oct. 14, 2022, wrapping up SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station for NASA. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Feb 11, 2025 · WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a...