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Dragon 1 cargo spacecraft

Dragon 1 was SpaceX's first-generation reusable cargo spacecraft. Its recoverable pressure capsule and expendable solar-powered trunk flew two NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstrations and twenty Commercial Resupply Services launches from 2010 through 2020. Dragon became the first commercially developed spacecraft recovered from orbit, the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station, and later the first commercial orbital capsule to be reflown.

Dragon 1 cargo spacecraft
NASA/Rick Mastracchio · Stored/public JPEG is byte-identical to NASA asset ISS039-E-013581 (4256x2832, SHA-256 ef2f6b3728fe8f8166e675cf86da015f186b20ce1247f14e70c7be8298e3afc9). NASA Images API identifies this exact asset as “Dragon Spacecraft on Approach to the ISS,” dated 20 April 2014, photographed by Rick Mastracchio, with Johnson Space Center metadata: https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=iss039e013581&media_type=image&page_size=10. Exact NASA detail/source pages: https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss039e013581 and https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/iss039e013581/iss039e013581~orig.jpg. NASA current Images and Media Usage Guidelines state NASA content generally is not subject to U.S. copyright and may be used factually or informationally with NASA acknowledged when no third-party rights are indicated; NASA logos and identifiers remain protected, and commercial promotional, endorsement, and merchandise uses have additional restrictions: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/. This is asset-level factual/editorial reuse with NASA/Rick Mastracchio attribution, not blanket permission for NASA branding, endorsement, promotional merchandise, or third-party material. · Source
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Identity

Aliases
SpaceX Dragon 1First-generation DragonCRS DragonCargo Dragon 1
Family Name
Dragon 1
Full Name
Dragon 1 cargo spacecraft
Roles
cargo
Status
retired
Type
spacecraft

Details

Description
Dragon 1 was SpaceX's first-generation reusable cargo spacecraft. Its recoverable pressure capsule and expendable solar-powered trunk flew two NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstrations and twenty Commercial Resupply Services launches from 2010 through 2020. Dragon became the first commercially developed spacecraft recovered from orbit, the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station, and later the first commercial orbital capsule to be reflown.
Dimensions
Diameter M
3.66
Height M
7.2
First Flight Year
2,010
Last Flight Year
2,020
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Operator
Propulsion Configurations
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Spacecraft Specs
Reusability
partially_reusable

Links

Official Url
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2014/09/21/dragon-facts/
Wikipedia Url
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_1

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Creation Time
July 14, 2026 at 01:23:26 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 15:36:41 UTC
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