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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

(SpaceX)

SpaceX was contracted under COTS in 2006. SpaceX also has awards under CCDev2 (US$ 75 million), CCiCap (US$ 440 million) and CCtCAP (US$ 2.6 billion).

SpaceX was established in 2002 by PayPal founder Elon Musk. Design and manufacturing facilities are located in Hawthorne, California, near the Los Angeles International Airport. Test facilities are located in central Texas. Launches taken place at Omelek Island in the Kwajalein Atol and Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Their launch vehicles include the Falcon 1, a two stage liquid oxygen/kerosene fueled vehicle for placing satellites in to low earth orbit. A single engine powers the first stage.

The Falcon 9 is also a two stage liquid oxygen/kerosene powered vehicle, but considerably large, having nine engines in the first stage.

The Falcon Heavy, under development, builds upon the technology of the Falcon 9. It will be the most powerful rocket in the world, producing 3.8 millions pounds of thrust at liftoff. Capability to low earth orbit will be over double what the space shuttle was able to accomplish. Payloads to interplanetary space will also be possible.

The Dragon is a reusable spacecraft which will initially be used to carry payloads to the International Space Station. As the craft is proven and experience gained, the goal in the future will be to also ferry astronauts to and from the space station. Working towards this goal, two launch abort tests are slated for 2014.

On 23 May 2012, a Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral sending a cargo filled Dragon capsule towards the space station. The Dragon was captured by the space station's remote arm and docked to the station on 25 May 2012. On 31 May 2012, an ocean splashdown in the Pacific went as planned. Clearing this hurdle, SpaceX commenced with 12 cargo flights to the space station as contracted by NASA. The contract was later extended.

Falcon 9 on pad
Falcon 9 on the launch pad
Credit: NASA
Dragon capture by ISS arm
Dragon being moved by the ISS robotic arm
Credit: NASA

Note on dock and undock times: Our dock and undock times may differ from other sources because they confuse capture/release with berthing/unberthing. These are distinct events.

 

Craft
Launch Date
Launch Time
Initial Dock Date
Inital Dock Time
Final Undock Date
Final Undock Time
Reentry Date
Reentry Time
Station
Notes
Dragon C2+
22 May 2012
07:44:38
25 May 2012
16:02:00
31 May 2012
09:49:00
31 May 2012
15:42:00
ISS
Demo flight. Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-1
8 October 2012
00:35:00
10 October 2012
13:03:00
28 October 2012
11:55:00
28 October 2012
19:22:00
ISS
Engine anomaly left secondary payload in a useless orbit: Primary payload captu
SpaceX CRS-2
1 March 2013
15:10:00
3 March 2013
13:56:00
26 March 2013
08:10:00
26 March 2013
16:34:00
ISS
Anomaly with 3 thruster pods delayed capture and berthing by a day
SpaceX CRS-3
18 April 2014
19:25:00
20 April 2014
14:06:00
18 May 2014
11:53:00
18 May 2014
19:05:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-4
21 September 2014
05:52:03
23 September 2014
13:30:00
25 October 2014
13:15:00
25 October 2014
13:38:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm (Undock time approximate)
SpaceX CRS-5
10 January 2015
09:47:10
12 January 2015
13:54:00
10 February 2015
17:11:00
11 February 2015
00:44:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-6
14 April 2015
20:10:00
17 April 2017
13:29:00
21 May 2015
09:04:00
21 May 2015
16:42:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-7
28 June 2015
14:21:00
30 November -0001
 
30 November -0001
 
28 June 2015
14:23:00
ISS
Vehicle exploded 2 min 19 sec after liftoff
SpaceX CRS-8
8 April 2016
20:43:00
10 April 2016
13:57:00
11 May 2016
11:02:00
11 May 2016
18:51:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-9
18 July 2016
04:44:00
20 July 2016
14:03:00
25 August 2016
21:00:00
26 August 2016
15:47:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-10
19 February 2017
14:39:00
23 February 2017
13:12:00
18 March 2017
09:11:00
19 March 2017
14:50:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-11
3 June 2017
21:07:38
5 June 2017
16:07:00
2 July 2017
18:00:00
3 July 2017
06:41:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-12
14 August 2017
16:31:37
16 August 2017
12:07:00
16 September 2017
21:58:00
17 September 2017
14:15:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-13
17 December 2017
15:36:09
17 December 2017
13:26:00
12 January 2018
10:47:00
13 January 2018
15:37:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-14
2 April 2018
20:30:38
4 April 2018
13:00:00
5 May 2018
08:00:00
5 May 2018
19:03:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-15
29 June 2018
09:42:00
2 July 2018
13:50:00
3 August 2018
16:38:00
3 August 2018
22:17:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-16
5 December 2018
18:16:00
8 December 2018
15:36:00
13 January 2019
20:10:00
14 January 2019
05:12:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-17
4 May 2019
06:48:00
6 May 2019
13:33:00
3 June 2019
12:25:00
3 June 2019
21:10:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-18
25 July 2019
22:01:00
27 July 2019
18:01:00
27 August 2019
12:25:00
27 August 2019
20:20:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-19
5 December 2019
17:29:24
8 December 2019
12:47:00
7 January 2020
08:41:00
7 January 2020
15:41:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-20
7 March 2020
04:50:31
9 March 2020
12:18:00
7 April 2020
13:30:00
7 April 2020
18:50:00
ISS
Captured and berthed by ISS robot arm
SpaceX CRS-21
6 December 2020
16:17:08
7 December 2020
18:40:00
12 January 2021
14:05:00
14 January 2021
01:26:00
ISS
First 2nd gen Cargo Dragon
SpaceX CRS-22
3 June 2021
17:29:15
5 June 2021
09:09:00
8 July 2021
14:45:00
10 July 2021
03:29:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-23
29 August 2021
07:14:49
30 August 2001
14:30:00
30 September 2021
13:12:00
1 October 2021
02:57:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-24
21 December 2021
10:07:08
22 December 2021
08:41:00
23 January 2022
15:40:00
24 January 2022
21:05:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-25
14 July 2022
00:44:22
16 July 2022
15:21:00
19 August 2022
15:05:00
20 August 2022
18:53:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-26
26 November 2022
19:20:42
27 November 2022
12:39:00
9 January 2023
22:05:00
11 January 2023
10:19:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-27
15 March 2023
00:30:00
16 March 2023
11:31:00
15 April 2023
15:05:00
15 April 2023
20:58:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-28
5 June 2023
15:47:00
6 June 2023
09:54:00
29 June 2023
16:30:00
30 June 2023
14:30:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-29
10 November 2023
01:28:00
11 November 2023
10:07:00
24 December 2023
22:05:00
22 December 2023
17:33:00
ISS
 
SpaceX CRS-30
21 March 2024
20:55:00
23 March 2024
11:19:00
30 November -0001
 
 
 
ISS
 

 

Upcoming Flights
Name
Launch Date
Station
Dragon CRS-30
4 March 2024
ISS
Dragon CRS-31
June 2024
ISS
Dragon CRS-32
October 2024
ISS
Dragon CRS-33
January 2025
ISS
Dragon CRS-34
June 2025
ISS
Dragon CRS-35
October 2025
ISS

The Dragons

Dragon
Capsule
Status
Uses
C101
Retired
Orbital maneuvering and reentry test
C102
Retired
SpX C2+
C103
Retired
CRS-1
C104
Retired
CRS-2
C105
Retired
CRS-3
C106
Retired
CRS-4; CRS-11; CRS-19
C107
Retired
CRS-5
C108
Retired
CRS-6; CRS-13; CRS-18
C109
Destroyed
CRS-7
C110
Retired
CRS-8; CRS-14
C111
Retired
CRS-9; CRS-15
C112
Retired
CRS-10; CRS-16; CRS-20
C113
Retired
CRS-12; CRS-17

Dragon 2
Capsule
Type
Status
Uses
C201
(Dragonfly)
Prototype
Retired
Pad abort test; tethered hover tests
C202
(Quad Module)
Prototype
Retired
Pressure vessel for structural testing
C203
(ECLSS Module)
Prototype
Active
Environmental Control & Life Support System module
C204
Crew
Destroyed
SpaceX Demo 1; static test firing
C205
Crew
Retired
C206
(Endeavour)
Crew
Active
C207
(Resilience)
Crew
Active
C208
Cargo
Active
CRS-21; CRS-23; CRS-25; CRS-28
C209
Cargo
Active
CRS-22; CRS-24; CRS-27; CRS-30
C210
(Endurance)
Crew
Active
C211
Cargo
Active
CRS-26; CRS-29
C212
(Freedom)
Crew
Active
C213
Crew
Under
construction

 


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