Cargo Dragon C208

Dragon C208 is the first Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the first in a line of International Space Station resupply craft which replaced the Dragon capsule, manufactured by SpaceX. The mission is contracted by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It flew for the first time on the CRS-21 mission on 6 December 2020. This was the first flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. This was also the first time a Cargo Dragon was docked at the same time as a Crew Dragon spacecraft (SpaceX Crew-1). This mission used Booster B1058.4.

C208
C208 at Kennedy in August 2021.
TypeSpace capsule
ClassDragon 2
OwnerSpaceX
ManufacturerSpaceX
Specifications
Dimensions4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft)
PowerSolar panel
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
History
LocationHawthorne, California
First flight
  • 6 December 2020 – 14 January 2021
  • SpaceX CRS-21
Last flight
  • 5 June 2023 – 30 June 2023
  • SpaceX CRS-28
Flights4
Flight time132 days, 21 hours and 43 minutes
Dragon 2s
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