Cargo Dragon C209

Dragon C209
Dragon C209
	C209 at Kennedy in May 2021.
Type	Space capsule
Class	Dragon 2
Owner	SpaceX
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Specifications
Dimensions	4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft)
Power	Solar panel
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5
History
Location	California
First flight	June 3, 2021 – July 10, 2021; SpaceX CRS-22;
Last flight	May 15, 2026 - June 17, 2026; SpaceX CRS-34;
Flights	6
Flight time	208 days, 13 hours and 41 minutes
Dragon 2s
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Dragon C209 is the second Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the second in a line of International Space Station resupply craft which replaced the Dragon capsule, manufactured by SpaceX. The missions are contracted by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It was being flown for the first time on the CRS-22 mission on June 3, 2021.^[1] This was the second flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. This was also the second time a Cargo Dragon was docked at the same time as a Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX Crew-2. This mission used a new Booster B1067.1.^[2]

Cargo Dragon

C209 is the second SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant. C209 and the other Cargo Dragons are different from the crewed variant by launching without seats, cockpit controls, astronaut life support systems, or SuperDraco abort engines. The Cargo Dragon improved on many aspects of the original Dragon design, including the recovery and refurbishment process.

The new Cargo Dragon capsules splash down under parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida or in the Gulf of Mexico, rather than the previous recovery zone in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California. This NASA preference was added to all CRS-2 awards to allow for cargo to be more quickly returned to the Kennedy Space Center after splashdown.

Flights

Mission	Launch date (UTC)	Duration	Landing date (UTC)	Notes	Outcome
CRS-22	June 3, 2021 17:29:15	36 days	July 10, 2021 03:29	Second time Dragon 2 was used for a CRS mission, Second launch of phase 2 of CRS missions, Second time a Cargo Dragon and Crew Dragon were docked to the ISS at the same time.	Success
CRS-24	December 21, 2021 10:07:08	34 days	January 24, 2022 21:05		Success
CRS-27	15 March 2023 00:30	31 days	April 15, 2023, 20:58 UTC^[3]		Success
CRS-30	21 March 2024 20:55	39 days	30 April 2024 05:38		Success
CRS-32	21 April 2025 08:15	33 days	25 May 2025 05:44		Success
CRS-34	15 May 2026 22:05	32 days	17 June 2026 12:11		Success