Dragon 2 facts for kids

Dragon 2 is a class of reusable spacecraft created by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX as the replacement to the Dragon 1 cargo spacecraft.

The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and returns to Earth via an ocean splashdown. The spacecraft can dock itself to the ISS instead of being berthed.

It has two versions; Crew Dragon, a human-rated capsule capable of carrying up to seven astronauts, and Cargo Dragon, an updated replacement for the original Dragon spacecraft.

Crew Dragon is equipped with an integrated launch escape system in a set of four side thruster pods with two SuperDraco engines each. The spacecraft features redesigned solar arrays.

Images for kids

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  Crew Dragon Launch Configuration

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  Crew Dragon C204 in the LC-39A Horizontal Integration Facility in December 2018 preparing for the launch of DM-1

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  The Crew Dragon mockup (background) and four of the astronauts of its first two crewed missions (foreground), from left to right: Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins, and Victor Glover

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  Pad abort test of a Dragon 2 article on 6 May 2015 at CCAFS, SLC-40

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  Launch of Demo-1, Crew Dragon's maiden spaceflight

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  Liftoff of Crew Dragon in-flight abort test

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  SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station

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  Endeavour capsule being recovered after splashdown

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In Spanish: Dragon 2 para niños