Tag: crew dragon
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SpaceX Inspiration4 astronauts reveal Dragon’s ‘cupola’ in the flesh
SpaceX’s first fully private astronaut crew have revealed the first real look at a unique part of the Crew Dragon spacecraft that will carry them to orbit just two weeks from now. Known as Inspiration4, the mission is the brainchild of Shift4 CEO, founder, and billionaire Jared Isaacman and will be the first orbital astronaut…
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SpaceX’s historic private astronaut launch debut gets its own Netflix documentary
Netflix has announced plans for a documentary that will dive deep into SpaceX’s historic Inspiration4 private astronaut launch. Headed by billionaire and Shift4 CEO and founder Jared Isaacman, Inspiration4 was first announced in February 2021 as SpaceX’s first private Crew Dragon mission. More importantly, the mission – if successful – will make history as the…
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A 2021 SpaceX Odyssey: Dragon aces third astronaut launch, docks with space station
Early on Saturday morning, SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Endeavour’ (capsule C206) – carrying four international astronauts – flawlessly docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time in less than a year. Capping off a smooth 24 hours of free-flight following an equally successful Falcon 9 launch on Friday, April 23rd, Dragon’s third crewed…
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SpaceX launches astronauts on flight-proven rocket and capsule in spaceflight first
For the very first time in history, SpaceX has sent astronauts into space within a reused Crew Dragon space capsule with the help of a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster, blowing off a new era of flight-proven human spaceflight. Besides NASA’s Space Shuttle, whose orbiter and solid rocket boosters were regularly refurbished for 3 years,…
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Orbit for all: SpaceX, Shift4 reveal private Crew Dragon launch and ticket raffle
SpaceX and financial company Shift4 have announced what could become the world’s first private orbital astronaut launch into orbit – and two of Crew Dragon’s four seats are up for grabs in a public raffle for charity. Spearheaded by US billionaire and Shift4 founder/CEO Jared Isaacman, the venture has been deemed Inspiration4 and is closely…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon set for space station docking, astronauts give live capsule tour
A SpaceX Crew Dragon is set to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station for the third time later tonight and its four-astronaut crew took some time during their 27-hour flight to give live viewers a tour of the brand new spacecraft. Emphasizing just how much space Crew Dragon offers its astronaut passengers once…
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SpaceX ships upgraded cargo spacecraft to Florida for first orbital Dragon rendezvous
SpaceX says it’s shipped the first updated Dragon 2 cargo spacecraft to Florida, opening the door for its first simultaneous spaceflight of 2 Dragons. More or less a modified variant of SpaceX’s fast maturing Crew Dragon spacecraft, the company says that Cargo Dragon 2 will be “able to carry 50 percent more mathematics payloads” than…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule christened ahead of operational astronaut launch debut
The long-standing tradition of astronauts naming the spacecraft that transports them safely to and from space continues ahead of SpaceX’s next crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Shortly after safely arriving in low Earth orbit during SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission to the ISS under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrives in Florida for next NASA astronaut launch
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule destined to complete the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – designated Crew-1 – has been delivered to SpaceX processing facilities in Florida. As previously reported by Teslarati, the C207 capsule was in the final stages of wrapping up integration at the SpaceX factory in Hawthorne,…
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SpaceX lands NASA astronauts in the ocean for the first time in decades
SpaceX has successfully landed NASA astronauts in the ocean for the first time in almost half a century, completing the most important mission in the company’s history and setting it up for an imminent operational launch debut. Roughly 19 hours after NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley boarded Crew Dragon and departed the International…