SuperDraco
SpaceX hypergolic SuperDraco launch-abort engine for Crew Dragon. NASA records eight engines firing at about 15,000 lbf (approximately 66.7 kN) each in the 2015 pad-abort demonstration; the NTO/MMH engine is used for launch escape, not routine orbital maneuvering.
Identity
- Aliases
- SuperDracoSpaceX SuperDracoSuperDraco engineSpaceX SuperDraco engine
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- SuperDraco
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- SpaceX hypergolic SuperDraco launch-abort engine for Crew Dragon. NASA records eight engines firing at about 15,000 lbf (approximately 66.7 kN) each in the 2015 pad-abort demonstration; the NTO/MMH engine is used for launch escape, not routine orbital maneuvering.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- monomethyl hydrazinenitrogen tetroxide
- Rocket Specs
- Sea Level Thrust Kn
- 66.7
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:31:35 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 09:27:41 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- SpaceX
- Title
- Dragon
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Crew Dragon official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- NASA reports eight SuperDraco engines firing for about six seconds at about 15,000 lbf each in the Crew Dragon pad-abort demonstration and identifies MMH/NTO hypergolic propellants.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- SpaceX Demonstrates Astronaut Escape System for Crew Dragon Spacecraft
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- NASA Commercial Crew reporting documents full-duration static firing of eight SuperDraco launch-escape engines on Crew Dragon.
- Publisher
- NASA Commercial Crew Program
- Title
- SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Static Fire Tests