DRAGON

SENDING HUMANS AND CARGO INTO SPACE

41

TOTAL LAUNCHES

37

TOTAL LAUNCHES

19

TOTAL LAUNCHES
DRAGON

OVERVIEW

HEIGHT
70 m / 229.6 ft
DIAMETER
3.7 m / 229.6 ft
MASS
549,054 kg / 229.6 ft
PAYLOAD TO LEO
22,800 kg / 229.6 ft
PAYLOAD TO GTO
8,300 kg / 229.6 ft
PAYLOAD TO MARS
4,020 kg / 229.6 ft

TAKING HUMANS TO SPACE

In 2020, SpaceX returned America’s ability to fly NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station on American vehicles for the first time since 2011. In addition to flying astronauts to space for NASA, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft can also carry commercial astronauts to Earth orbit, the ISS or beyond.

ENGINES

DRACO

DRACO | SUPER DRACO

The Dragon spacecraft is equipped with 16 Draco thrusters used to orient the spacecraft during the mission, including apogee/perigee maneuvers, orbit adjustment and attitude control. Each Draco thruster is capable of generating 90 pounds of force in the vacuum of space.

NUMBER OF ENGINES
16
THRUST IN VACUUM
400 N 90 lbf

DRAGON PARACHUTE SYSTEM

The Dragon spacecraft is equipped with two drogue parachutes to stabilize the spacecraft following reentry and four main parachutes to further decelerate the spacecraft prior to landing.

Falcon 9 launches Dragon to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A

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