Crew DragonEndurance (serial number C210) is the third operationalSpaceX Dragon 2 reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated bySpaceX. It first launched on 11 November 2021 to theInternational Space Station (ISS) on theSpaceX Crew-3 mission. It has subsequently been used for theCrew-5 mission launched in October 2022, theCrew-7 mission launched in August 2023, and theCrew-10 mission in March 2025. The capsule was named in honor of the SpaceX and NASA teams who worked to build the spacecraft during theCOVID-19 pandemic andEndurance, the ship used byShackleton'sImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
On 7 October 2021, it was announced that Dragon C210 would be calledEndurance.[1] AstronautRaja Chari said that the name honors the SpaceX and NASA teams that built the spacecraft and trained the astronauts who will fly it. Those workers endured through a pandemic. The name also honorsEndurance, the ship used byShackleton'sImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The three-masted vessel sank in 1915 after being bound in ice before reaching Antarctica[2] and was found during the Crew-3 mission.[3]
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