Crew Dragon Grace
Appearance
Crew Dragon Grace | |
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![]() Crew Dragon Grace approaches the ISS, June 2025 | |
Type | Space capsule |
Class | Dragon 2 |
Eponym | Grace |
Serial no. | C213 |
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 | Califórnia |
First flight |
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Last flight |
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Flights | 1 |
Flight time | 20 days, 2 hours and 59 minutes |
Dragon 2s | |
Crew Dragon Grace (serial number C213) is the fifth and final Dragon 2 based Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX. It made its maiden flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on Axiom Mission 4.
History
[edit]Crew Dragon C213 is the fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft.[1] It made its maiden flight in mid 2025 to the International Space Station (ISS) on Axiom Mission 4.[2] The Ax-4 inaugural flight astronauts christened their Dragon 2 with the name "Grace".[3]
Flights
[edit]List includes only completed or currently manifested missions. Dates are listed in UTC, and for future events, they are the earliest possible opportunities (also known as NET dates) and may change.
Flight No. | Mission and Patch | Launch | Landing | Duration | Remarks | Crew | Outcome |
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1 | Axiom-4 | 25 June 2025 | 15 July 2025 | 20 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes | Short-duration mission. | Success |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Axiom Space employee
References
[edit]- ^ @SpaceX (31 December 2024). "Teams also built our fifth and final Dragon crew spacecraft in Hawthorne, California. Next stop is Florida, where teams will prepare Dragon for its first mission to orbit!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 December 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Berger, Eric (6 February 2025). "NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni sooner". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Josh Dinner (25 June 2025). "SpaceX launches historic private Axiom-4 astronaut mission to the ISS". SPACE.com.