SpaceX says it will no longer build new vehicles on the Crew Dragon capsule, the company’s spacecraft used to transport humans to and from the International Space Station. According to a report in Archyde.com. The current plan is to load the Crew Dragon Fleet at 4 o’clock, which will see SpaceX fly back and forth and transport the crew into space.
We are finishing the final [capsule]”But we’re still making the parts because we’re going to update,” said Quinn Shotwell, president of SpaceX. Archyde.com. After each crew’s Dragon flight, the spacecraft must undergo a revamp in Florida, where some hardware is modified or modified to prepare the craft for re-flight. SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment.
SpaceX initially created the Crew Dragon for NASA’s Business Team project, an effort to develop special vehicles to carry agency astronauts back and forth from the International Space Station. As part of this mission, SpaceX has sent four NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on Crew Dragon. In September last year, the company launched its first full personal crew, carrying four civilian astronauts into Earth orbit on a three-day mission.
The company is planning several future missions for four Crew Dragons, each named after the first astronauts: Pursuit, Retreat, Endurance, and Freedom.
In about a week, commercial space station company Axiom will launch a team Four special astronauts aboard a dragon crew to the space station for a 10-day journey. Contract with Axiom SpaceX is set to launch at least three additional human missions to the International Space Station After this first one on Crew Dragon. Meanwhile, SpaceX still has a contract with NASA to send crews to the International Space Station every six months and then bring them back home. In February, NASA SpaceX introduced three additional human missions with Crew Dragon For the International Space Station, Six SpaceX was originally contracted. The news raised SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contract with NASA to $3.49 billion.
With SpaceX Crew suspending production of the Dragon, the company is pooling resources to build a new rocket for the spacecraft, a large new vehicle designed to carry people and cargo to deeper places like the Moon and Mars. However, Shotwell says Archyde.com You can always restart your SpaceX Crew Dragon product if necessary.