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SpaceX Dragon 2

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Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured and operated by SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station and for private spaceflight missions. The spacecraft consists of a reusable capsule and an expendable trunk module and has two variants: the four-person Crew Dragon and the Cargo Dragon, a replacement for the Dragon 1 cargo capsule. It launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and the capsule returns to Earth by splashdown. Crew Dragon carries astronauts to and from the station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program and includes an integrated pusher launch escape system built around eight SuperDraco engines. The first uncrewed test mission, Demo-1, launched on March 2, 2019, and the first crewed flight, Demo-2, launched on May 30, 2020. Cargo Dragon carries supplies under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract.

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Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by the American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions.

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Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by the American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions.
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    The first uncrewed test mission, Demo-1, launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2, 2019.
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    Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by the American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions.
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    As of January 2025, it is the only reusable orbital cargo spacecraft in operation.
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