Dragon: Quick Facts

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Dragon on recovery ship

SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station

Witness the launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, May 25, 2012

Learn about SpaceX, the first private company in history to send a spacecraft, which it named Dragon, to the International Space Station

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