35-457: Cargo Dragon may refer to: SpaceX Dragon , the original Dragon spacecraft Cargo variant of SpaceX Dragon 2 See also [ edit ] Dragon (disambiguation) Dragon II (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cargo Dragon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
70-631: A Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) contract. The equipment delivered by Dragon XL missions could include sample collection materials, spacesuits and other items astronauts may need on the Gateway and on the surface of the Moon , according to NASA . It will launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The Dragon XL will stay at the Gateway for 6 to 12 months at
105-585: A Red Bird through the space station. NASA states that such collaboration may share the excitement of space with the game community, educate users on NASA's programs, and create interactive educational experiences for the public. The footage was released by NASA both on its official site and YouTube along with another commercial version by Rovio on March 8, 2012, to announce the launch of new game Angry Birds Space on March 22, 2012. On September 11, 2024, Pettit flew to space on Soyuz MS-26 commanded by Aleksey Ovchinin and with Ivan Vagner . The trio will join
140-596: A concept called Red Dragon . Red Dragon was to be a low-cost Mars mission that would use Falcon Heavy as the launch vehicle and trans-Martian injection vehicle, and the SpaceX Dragon 2 -based capsule to enter the atmosphere of Mars . The concept was originally envisioned for launch in 2018 as a NASA Discovery mission , then alternatively for 2022, but was never formally submitted for funding within NASA. The mission would have been designed to return samples from Mars to Earth at
175-726: A crewed flight test ( Demo-2 ) in May 2020. Since those flight tests, the Crew Dragon has become one of the primary spacecraft ferrying crew to and from the ISS. While the Cargo Dragon continues to carry cargo under the CRS program. SpaceX has also proposed versions named Red Dragon for Mars exploration and Dragon XL to provide Gateway Logistics Services to the Lunar Gateway . SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk , named
210-667: A fraction of the cost of NASA's own sample-return mission, which was projected in 2015 to cost US$ 6 billion. On 27 April 2016, SpaceX announced its plan to go ahead and launch a modified Dragon lander to Mars in 2018. However, Musk cancelled the Red Dragon program in July 2017 to focus on developing the Starship system instead. The modified Red Dragon capsule would have performed all entry, descent and landing (EDL) functions needed to deliver payloads of 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) or more to
245-453: A private spacecraft had ever rendezvoused with the ISS. The Dragon capsule was carrying supplies for the ISS, and the successful capture demonstrated the feasibility of using privately developed spacecraft to resupply the station. Pettit was also the first to enter the uncrewed supply ship on May 26, making him the first astronaut in the history of space exploration to successfully enter a commercially-built and operated spacecraft in orbit. During
280-753: A scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1984 until 1996, when NASA selected him as an astronaut candidate. He was a junior advisor to the Synthesis Committee of the Space Exploration Initiative on its May 1991 report "America at the Threshold", recommending plans for a human mission to Mars . An astrophotographer , Pettit captured thousands of unique star trails and photographic data sets, which he regularly shares online. One, titled 'Lightning Bugs', went viral on
315-457: A time, when research payloads inside and outside the cargo vessel could be operated remotely, even when crews are not present. Its payload capacity is expected to be more than 5,000 kilograms (11,000 lb) to lunar orbit. There is no requirement for a return to Earth. At the end of the mission the Dragon XL must be able to undock and dispose of the same mass it can bring to the Gateway, by moving
350-508: Is NASA's oldest active astronaut. Pettit was born and raised in Silverton, Oregon . He is an Eagle Scout . He is married to Micki Pettit and has twin sons. Pettit graduated from Oregon State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering. He then did graduate study in chemical engineering at the University of Arizona , receiving a Ph.D. in 1983. Pettit worked as
385-628: Is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Coffee Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station (with a third stay currently underway), one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica . As of 2024, at age 69, he
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#1732852651788420-460: The Harmony module . During the capture, he was quoted saying, "Houston, Station, we've got us a dragon by the tail." This marked the first time a private spacecraft had ever rendezvoused with the ISS. The Dragon capsule was carrying supplies for the ISS, and the successful capture demonstrated the feasibility of using privately developed spacecraft to resupply the station. Pettit was the first to enter
455-840: The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), spending six weeks in the Antarctic summer collecting meteorite samples, including a lunar meteorite. During the expedition, he was called on to perform emergency electrical repairs to a snowmobile and emergency dental surgery. Periods of tent-confining inclement weather were spent continuing his Saturday Morning Science series—"on Ice"—with photographic surveys of crystal sizes of glacial ice samples and collections of magnetic micrometeorites from ice melt used for cooking water. (He estimated Antarctic glacial ice to contain roughly 1 micrometeorite per liter .) [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of
490-767: The International Space Station (ISS) between 2010 and 2020 before retiring. Design of this version, not designed to carry astronauts, was funded by NASA with $ 396 million awarded through the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program and contracted to ferry cargo under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. An improved version, the Dragon 2 , was introduced in 2019 and has both crewed and cargo versions. The first un-crewed flight test ( Demo-1 ) took place in March 2019, followed by
525-489: The zero-g coffee cup, which used the wetting angle to carry fluid along a crease to permit drinking and avoid the necessity of a straw. This zero-g cup was featured in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine, along with his notes on the relation of the internal cup angle to the contact wetting angle for various construction materials. The cup received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. From November 2006 through January 2007, Pettit joined
560-457: The ISS and on private missions. The Cargo Dragon carries cargo to the ISS under the CRS program. Red Dragon was a cancelled version of the Dragon spacecraft that had been previously proposed to fly farther than Earth orbit and transit to Mars via interplanetary space . In addition to SpaceX's own privately funded plans for an eventual Mars mission , NASA Ames Research Center had developed
595-629: The ISS, it presented Pettit and the agency with a few challenges. While Pettit needed to bring his own pants and shoes due to his taller stature, Thomas's polo shirts would fit, and the shared first name made the embroidery a non-issue. Given the high cost of launching cargo to the ISS, only a few additional comforts could be allotted to Pettit on the Shuttle's manifest. He was able to secure 12 cans of New Mexico chili to add spice to Thomas's bland food choices. After negotiations, NASA also approved 100 bags of instant coffee, although still not enough for every day of
630-651: The International Space Station on December 21, 2011, as part of the Expedition 30 / 31 crew. He and fellow crew members Oleg Kononenko and André Kuipers arrived at the ISS on December 23. Among his off-duty video demonstrations on the space station has been on water as thin film and the Marangoni convection . On May 25, 2012, Pettit operated the Canadarm2 to grapple the first SpaceX Dragon 1 and berth it to
665-533: The Martian surface without using a parachute. Preliminary analysis showed that the capsule's atmospheric drag would slow it enough for the final stage of its descent to be within the abilities of its SuperDraco retro-propulsion thrusters. On 27 March 2020, SpaceX revealed the Dragon XL resupply spacecraft to carry pressurized and unpressurized cargo, experiments and other supplies to NASA's planned Lunar Gateway under
700-414: The capture, he was quoted saying, "Houston, Station, we've got us a dragon by the tail." An improved version, the Dragon 2 , was introduced in 2019 and has two versions: Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon. The first un-crewed flight test ( Demo-1 ) took place in March 2019, followed by a crewed flight test ( Demo-2 ) in May 2020. The Crew Dragon is one of the primary spacecraft ferrying crew members to and from
735-534: The clumping of solid particles in microgravity . The experiments showed that particles of various materials which varied in size between 1 micrometer and 6 mm naturally clumped together in microgravity when confined to a volume of 4 liters that included a few grams of the materials. The cause was theorized to be electrostatic. This presents a plausible mechanism for the initial stages of planetary formation, since particles of this size do not have sufficient gravity to cause this phenomenon. Pettit again launched to
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#1732852651788770-520: The crew of Expedition 71 and 72 for an approximately six month mission to the ISS. During Expedition 6, Pettit used spare parts found throughout the Station to construct a barn door tracker ; the device compensates for the movement of the ISS relative to the Earth's surface, permitting sharper high resolution images of city lights at night from the orbiting space station. In November 2008, Pettit invented
805-400: The internet. Pettit's first space mission was as a mission specialist on STS-113 and an Expedition 6 flight engineer on the ISS in 2002 and 2003. Pettit was the backup to NASA astronaut Donald Thomas , who was pulled from the mission just weeks before its scheduled flight due to medical concerns and replaced by Pettit. Because NASA had already shipped up clothing and food for Thomas to
840-554: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cargo_Dragon&oldid=966477084 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SpaceX Dragon Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX . The first variant, later named Dragon 1 , flew 23 cargo missions to
875-702: The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003 and the subsequent grounding of the shuttle fleet. Instead of returning on a shuttle, the crew returned in the Russian Soyuz TMA-1 capsule, the first time American astronauts had launched on the Space Shuttle and landed in a Soyuz. Pettit's first landing experience on Soyuz was harrowing. He had been concerned that the film documenting his science experiments would be damaged by space radiation before
910-456: The mission of Artemis IV , which is to be the first crewed mission to the Lunar Gateway slated for 2028, stating that the Dragon XL will be used to resupply and carry science experiments, however, Artemis IV will take place concurrently with a Starship launch which will dock at the Gateway and help with the assembly of the station. Don Pettit Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955)
945-424: The mission. During his six-month stay aboard the space station, he performed two EVAs to help install external scientific equipment. During free time on his stay aboard the International Space Station , he conducted demonstrations showing how fluids react in an extremely low gravity environment in a series he called "Saturday Morning Science". The Expedition 6 mission was extended by about two months, following
980-463: The name Dragon, saying that "so many people thought I [must be] smoking weed to do this venture." Dragon 1 was the original Dragon iteration, providing cargo service to the ISS. It flew 23 missions between 2010 and 2020, when it was retired. On May 25, 2012, NASA astronaut Don Pettit operated the Canadarm2 to grapple the first SpaceX Dragon and berth it to the Harmony module. This marked the first time
1015-474: The next shuttle could bring it home, so to safeguard the film and other items, Pettit secured them in a 20-kilogram (44 lb) pack he placed on his chest during reentry. While a normal Soyuz entry involves 3 G's, making the pack manageable, due to a guidance system failure during the Soyuz TMA 's inaugural reentry, the capsule underwent a ballistic reentry, subjecting the crew to over 8 G's. This extreme force made
1050-459: The pack feel like a 160-kilogram (350 lb) weight pressing down on Pettit's chest. Pettit was left exhausted and reportedly dislocated a shoulder, but the space agencies downplayed the situation saying the astronauts were in good shape. Pettit was a mission specialist on the STS-126 mission to deliver equipment and supplies to the ISS. Pettit also performed experiments on board ISS related to
1085-467: The spacecraft after the 1963 song " Puff, the Magic Dragon " by Peter, Paul and Mary , reportedly as a response to critics who considered his spaceflight projects impossible. Early on, it had been named Magic Dragon , and t-shirts had been printed with this name. As late as September 2012, SpaceX board member Steve Jurvetson was still referring to it as "The Magic Dragon, Puffed to the sea." That
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1120-450: The spacecraft to a heliocentric orbit. On February 22, 2023, NASA discussed the Dragon XL's development for the first time since its 2020 unveiling, with Mark Wiese, NASA's manager of deep space logistics for the Gateway program, answering during a panel at SpaceCom that NASA has been working with SpaceX to run a series of studies to refine the Dragon XL design and examine cargo configurations and other capabilities that could be enabled by
1155-407: The spacecraft. Wiese also elaborated that Dragon XL would be used for initial missions, and stating that “[NASA] talked to [SpaceX] about Starship evolution and how it all worked together, but we’re not there yet because it's still in a development phase” insinuating that Starship will eventually replace Dragon XL once it completes development. On March 29, 2024, NASA released an article outlining
1190-547: The uncrewed supply ship on May 26, making him the first astronaut in the history of space exploration to successfully enter a commercially-built and operated spacecraft in orbit. During Expedition 30, on behalf of NASA in cooperation with Finland -based Rovio Entertainment , creator of the Angry Birds franchise, Pettit also made another video by using an Angry Birds character to explain how physics works in space, including demonstrating trajectories in microgravity by catapulting
1225-447: Was his caption to a photo of the capsule several months after it had completed its COTS 2 demo flight where the spacecraft had accomplished its first docking with the ISS . This song, ostensibly composed for children, had long been associated with perceived references to smoking marijuana . In 2008, Elon Musk confirmed that the association between the song and marijuana was the reason behind
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