Dragon 2, spacecraft, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California, USA

Meet SpaceX's Dragon V2 spacecraft, the next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to Earth orbit and beyond.

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Unveiling his company's new Dragon V2 SpaceX founder Elon Musk claims his space taxi may achieve human access to space for under $10 million per seat.The company has been launching unmanned Dragon Version 1 capsules to the space station since 2012.

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NASA industry partner SpaceX unveiled the Dragon V2 spacecraft May 29, 2014. The spacecraft is designed to carry humans into orbit and was developed in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The spacecraft includes numerous upgrades from the cargo-only Dragon the company uses to ferry supplies to the International Space Station.

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Last night, Elon Musk unveiled the Dragon V2, SpaceX's first manned spacecraft. This is marks another major step forward in Musk's path towards the colonization of Mars. How did he get to this point?

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Crew Dragon's first critical flight test, known as a Pad Abort Test, is expected to take place on Wednesday, May 6, from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. While the test is originating from the same launch pad we use for operational missions, this is not an operational flight. This will be the first flight test of SpaceX’s revolutionary new launch abort system, and the odds of encountering delays or issues are high. Fortunately the test doesn’t need to be perfect to be valuable—our primary objective is to capture as much data as possible as the data captured here will be key in preparing Crew Dragon for its first human missions in 2017.

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NASA and SpaceX are proceeding with plans to conduct the Demo-1 mission, SpaceX’s first uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station, from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 March 2019, at 07:48 UTC (02:48 EST). On 22 February 2019, Kathy Lueders (Manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program) and Hans Koenigsmann (Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX) presented the objectives and the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Take a tour of the interior of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, targeted to launch on its first (uncrewed) demonstration flight on March 2, 2019. Crew Dragon is designed to transport up to four astronauts for NASA missions, along with critical cargo and supplies, to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The Crew Dragon features solar arrays affixed to the side of the spacecraft’s trunk, a launch escape system that will allow crew members to escape an anomaly at any point during flight, a large hatch and windows and a redesigned outer mold line to enhance crew comfort. The first uncrewed flight is an important step in returning human launches on American rockets and spacecraft to the space station from U.S. soil since 2011.

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SpaceX Demo-1 mission: a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 March 2019, at 07:48 UTC (02:48 EST). Demo-1 is SpaceX’s first uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon transports roughly 180 kg (400 pounds) of crew supplies and equipment, as well as an anthropomorphic test device (ATD) fitted with sensors and nicknamed Ripley. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1051) landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to automatically dock to the Harmony module’s International Docking Adapter (IDA) on 3 March 2019, at around 11:00 UTC (06:00 EST).

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An important step for the Commercial Crew Program, more testing with our Space Launch System rocket engine, and a new show that explores how we do, what we do … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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SpaceX Demo-1 Crew Dragon autonomously docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward International Docking Adapter (IDA) on 3 March 2019, at 10:51 UTC (05:51 EST). Demo-1 is SpaceX’s first uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the ISS and was launched by a Falcon 9 rocket (Block 5 B1051) from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 March 2019, at 07:49 UTC (02:49 EST). The Crew Dragon transports roughly 180 kg (400 pounds) of crew supplies and equipment, as well as an anthropomorphic test device (ATD) fitted with sensors and nicknamed Ripley.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon's hatch was opened by astronauts, wearing masks as a precaution, on the International Space Station for the first time on March 3, 2019.

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon's hatch was closed by Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques on Mar. 7, 2019. The spacecraft will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth on Mar. 8, 2019. - Crew Dragon Packed for Earth

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SpaceX Crew Dragon departed the International Space Station at 2:32am EST on Mar. 8, 2019.

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Mar. 8, 2019.

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Demo-1 Crew Dragon was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean by SpaceX’s recovery ship GO Searcher on 8 March 2019. The spacecraft splashdown occurred at 13:45 UTC (08:45 EST). Demo-1 was SpaceX’s first uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the ISS.

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176x144@10fps MMS quality video of the SpaceX Crew Dragon anomaly.

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