Engineering:Cargo Dragon C211
| 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-33 24 August 2025 - In progress |
| Flights | 3 |
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. NASA contracts the mission under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It flew for the first time on the CRS-26 mission in November 2022.[1]
Cargo Dragon
C211 is the third SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant. C211 and the other Cargo Dragons differ from the crewed variant by launching without seats, cockpit controls, astronaut life support systems, or SuperDraco abort engines. The Cargo Dragon improved many aspects of the original Dragon design, including the recovery and refurbishment process.
Cargo Dragon capsules splash under parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida or 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 cargo to be more quickly returned to the Kennedy Space Center after splashdown.
Flights
| Mission | 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 01:28:14 |
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 |
| CRS-33 | 24 August, 2025 06:45:36 | 131 days, 10 hours and 25 minutes (in progress) | November 2025 (planned) | Equipped with a "boost kit" with extra propellant and engines to perform re-boosts of the ISS.[2] | In progress |
See also
References
- ↑ Kanayama, Lee (16 September 2022). "SpaceX and NASA in final preparations for Crew-5 mission" (in en-US). https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/09/crew-5-preperations/.
- ↑ NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Post-Splashdown News Conference. 18 March 2025. Event occurs at 1:04:24. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
There is a particular SpaceX cargo flight, CRS-33, that has the ability to do some re-boosts for the space station and that needs to fly in than late August/early September timeframe, so we moved the handover up. The boost trunk, as we call it, will be there for a large part of the fall timeframe.
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