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| Dragon C211 | |
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 C211 during preflight operations for CRS-26 | |
| Type | Space capsule |
| Class | Dragon 2 |
| 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 | International Space Station |
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| Last flight |
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| Flights | 3 |
| Flight time | 179 days, 16 hours, 30 minutes (currently in space) |
| Dragon 2s | |
Dragon C211 is the thirdCargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the third in a line ofInternational Space Stationresupply craft, which replaced theDragon capsule, manufactured bySpaceX.NASA contracts the mission under theCommercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It flew for the first time on theCRS-26 mission in November 2022.[1]
C211 is the thirdSpaceX 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, orSuperDraco abort engines. The Cargo Dragon improved many aspects of theoriginal Dragon design, including the recovery and refurbishment process.
Cargo Dragon capsules splash under parachutes in theAtlantic Ocean east ofFlorida or theGulf of Mexico, rather than the previous recovery zone in thePacific Ocean west ofBaja California. This NASA preference was added to all CRS-2 awards to allow cargo to be more quickly returned to theKennedy Space Center aftersplashdown.
| Mission | Launch date (UTC) | Duration | Landing date (UTC) | Notes | Outcome |
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| CRS-26 | 26 November 2022 19:20:42 | 45 days | 11 January 2023 10:19 | Sixth time aDragon 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 aDragon 2 used for a CRS mission, ninth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions | Success |
| CRS-33 | 24 August, 2025 06:45:36 | 91 days, 9 hours and 27 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 |
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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