Crew · Cargo · Autonomous
Dragon
A reusable spacecraft that carries people and cargo to orbit, docks itself to the station, and brings them home again.
- Crew capacity
- Up to 7
- Height
- 8.1 m · 26.7 ft
- Diameter
- 4 m · 13 ft
Pressurized module
Capsule
The crew module seats up to seven and carries the pressurized cargo — science, supplies, and the samples that return with them.
- Pressurized volume
- 9.3 m³ · 328 ft³
- Launch payload
- 6,000 kg · 13,228 lb
- Return payload
- 3,000 kg · 6,614 lb
Unpressurized section
Trunk
The trunk carries unpressurized cargo and supports the spacecraft through ascent. Body-mounted solar arrays across its skin power the flight.
- Trunk volume
- 37 m³ · 1,300 ft³
- Solar arrays
- Body-mounted
- Separation
- Before re-entry
Launch escape
SuperDraco
Eight SuperDraco engines form the launch escape system, ready to carry the crew clear of the rocket on the pad or at any point in the ascent.
- Engines
- 8 · SuperDraco
- Thrust
- ~71 kN each · ~16,000 lbf
- Role
- Launch abort
Complete vehicle
Dragon
Capsule, trunk, and launch escape system — one reusable spacecraft, recovered at sea and flown again.
