| Crew DragonResilience | |
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.jpg) Crew DragonResilience in thehorizontal integration facility shortly before being rolled out to pad 39A in November 2020 | |
| Type | Space capsule |
| Class | Dragon 2 |
| Serialno. | C207 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Specifications | |
| Dimensions | 4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft) |
| Power | Solar panel |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| History | |
| Location | California |
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| Last flight |
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| Flights | 4 |
| Flight time | 178 days, 18 hours, 17 minutes |
| Dragon 2s | |
Crew DragonResilience (serial number C207) is the second operationalCrew Dragon reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated bySpaceX, afterEndeavour. It first launched on 16 November 2020 to theInternational Space Station (ISS) on theSpaceX Crew-1 mission, the first operational flight ofNASA'sCommercial Crew Program. It was subsequently used for three private spaceflight missions with all-civilian crews:Inspiration4 in 2021,Polaris Dawn in 2024, andFram2 in 2025.
Originally planned to fly the mission afterCrew-1, Crew Dragon C207 was reassigned to fly Crew-1 after an anomaly during a static fire test destroyed capsuleC204 intended to be re-flown on theCrew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test.[1] The spacecraftC205 intended to be used on theDemo-2 mission replaced the destroyed spacecraft for the in-flight abort test.C206 intended for use with the Crew-1 mission, was reassigned to the Demo-2 mission.
On 1 May 2020, SpaceX said that spacecraft C207 was in production and astronaut training underway.[2] Crew Dragon C207 arrived at SpaceX processing facilities in Florida on 18 August 2020.[3][4]
At a NASA press conference on 29 September 2020, commanderMichael Hopkins revealed that C207 had been namedResilience.[5] The trunk was attached and secured to the capsule on 2 October 2020 at Cape Canaveral.[6]
Resilience was first launched on 16 November 2020 (UTC) on aFalcon 9 from theKennedy Space Center (KSC),LC-39A, carrying NASA astronautsMichael Hopkins,Victor Glover, andShannon Walker, andJAXA astronautSoichi Noguchi on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.[7]
Thedocking adapter, normally used to dock with the International Space Station, was replaced by adomed glass window for theInspiration4 mission. This allows for 360-degree views of space and the Earth, similar to those provided by theCupola Module on theISS.[8]
ForPolaris Dawn mission, as Crew Dragon capsules lack anairlock, several modifications have been made to the interior ofResilience. Extra nitrogen and oxygen tanks have been installed, a hatch with a ladder called the "skywalker" has replaced thedocking port, and the forward hatch has been motorized. To validate their procedures, Resilience underwent multiple cycles of venting and repressurization in a large vacuum chamber. The crew also spent two days in a chamber validating their pre-breathing protocol and wearing their EVA suits in a vacuum.The mission will also be the first crewed operational test of Dragon laser interlink communication viaStarlink. If successful, it would potentially decreasecommunication latency and increasedata bandwidth for human spaceflight.[9]
On 1 April at 01:46 (UTC),Fram2 launched aboard aSpaceXFalcon 9 rocket, becoming the firstcrewed spaceflight to enter apolarretrograde orbit,[10] i.e., to fly over Earth's poles.[11]
List includes only completed or currently manifested missions. Dates are listed inUTC, and for future events, they are the earliest possible opportunities (also known asNET dates) and may change.
| Flight No. | Mission andPatch | Launch | Landing | Duration | Remarks | Crew | Outcome |
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| 1 | Crew-1 | 16 November 2020, 00:27:17 | 2 May 2021, 06:56:33 | 167 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes | Long-duration mission. Ferried four members of theExpedition 64/65 crew to the ISS. First operational flight of theCommercial Crew Program. | Success | |
| 2 | Inspiration4 (patch1 and2) | 16 September 2021, 00:02:56 | 18 September 2021, 23:06:49 | 2 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes | The first fully private, all-civilian orbital flight. Crew reached a 585 km (364 mi) orbit and conducted science experiments and public outreach activities for three days.[12] First standalone orbital Crew Dragon flight and the first flight with the cupola. | Success | |
| 3 | Polaris Dawn (patch) | 10 September 2024, 09:23:49 | 15 September 2024, 07:36:54 | 4 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes | Fully private orbital flight, including two SpaceX employees. First of three planned flights of the privatePolaris Program. The highest orbital altitude achieved, 1,400 km (870 mi) away from Earth, was the highest ever flown by a crewed spacecraft since theApollo program. Isaacman and Gillis later made the first commercial spacewalk during the mission. | Success | |
| 4 | Fram2 (patch) | 1 April 2025, 01:46:50 | 4 April 2025, 16:19:28 | 3 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes | Fully private, all-civilian orbital flight. First crewed mission ever launched intopolar orbit.[13][14] | Success |
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