Engineering:Cargo Dragon C211

Short description: Uncrewed cargo capsule built by SpaceX

Dragon C211
C211 during preflight operations for CRS-26
Type	Space capsule
Class	Dragon 2
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Technical details
Dimensions	4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft)
Power	Solar panel
Flight history
First flight	SpaceX CRS-26 26 November 2022 - 11 January 2023
Last flight	SpaceX CRS-29 10 November 2023 - 22 December 2023
Flights	2

Dragon C211 is the third Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the third in a line of International Space Station resupply craft which replaced the Dragon capsule, manufactured by SpaceX. The missions are contracted by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It flew for the first time on the CRS-26 mission in November 2022.

Cargo Dragon

C211 is the third SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant. C211 and the other Cargo Dragons are different from the crewed variant by launching without seats, cockpit controls, astronaut life support systems, or SuperDraco abort engines. The Cargo Dragon improved on many aspects of the original Dragon design, including the recovery and refurbishment process.

Cargo Dragon capsules splash down under parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida or in the Gulf of Mexico, rather than the previous recovery zone in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California. This NASA preference was added to all CRS-2 awards to allow for cargo to be more quickly returned to the Kennedy Space Center after splashdown.

Flights

Mission	Patch	Launch date (UTC)	Duration	Landing date (UTC)	Notes	Outcome
CRS-26		26 November 2022 19:20:42	45 days	11 January 2023 10:19	Sixth time a Dragon 2 used for a CRS mission, sixth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions	Success
CRS-29		10 November 2023 01:28	42 days	22 December 2023 17:33	Ninth time a Dragon 2 used for a CRS mission, ninth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions	Success

See also

• SpaceX Crew-5
• Boeing CST-100 Starliner
• Cargo Dragon C208
• Cargo Dragon C209