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SpaceX recentlyArchyde.comconfirmed that after completing the fourth and final Crew Dragon It will stop producing this series of capsules after the manufacturing mission. However, they will continue to manufacture related components and will retain the ability to produce additional Crew Dragons for emergencies. Considering the reusable nature of Crew Dragon, the outside world has been speculating that SpaceX’s plan is to keep only a limited number of capsules. But the exact number of Crew Dragons has been unknown until then.
Crew Dragon has launched five crews into space since its first crewed mission in 2020, including a pure space tourist flight late last year. As part of the Commercial Crew, NASA originally intended to use the Crew Dragon to send astronauts to the International Space Station on six missions.But recently, due to the delay of Boeing Starliner, NASA has already reduced the number of Crew Dragon missions.added three times.
And for SpaceX, after Crew Dragon’s manufacturing has come to an end, they can focus more on Starship.According to a recent tweet by Elon Musk, SpaceX hasaim for mayNew target for Starship launch.