the dragon spacecraft from SpaceX is now traveling in extremely rarefied air during
its most recent Mission a robotic resupply run to the International Space Station for NASA
that launched on Monday June 5 and arrived at the orbiting lab Tuesday Morning June 6. Dragon broke
several American space flight records that really shocked NASA and so in today's episode let's
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Dragon spacecraft have now visited the orbiting Outpost 38 Times breaking the previous record of
the Space Shuttle this visit was crs-28 with crude missions for NASA and resupply missions
SpaceX is now the only American business making frequent trips to the ISS they will also launch
three cygnus resupply craft later this year which are owned by Northrop Grumman whose Antares 230
plus rocket is being retired according to a further tweet from SpaceX on Wednesday the
Dragon 2 fleet's total time in orbit as of Tuesday had eclipsed that of the Space Shuttle Fleet by 1
324 days the reusable capsule's most recent model the Dragon 2 was launched by SpaceX in 2020. the
Dragon 2 comes in crude and uncrewed versions the majority of the 10 astronaut flights that crew
dragon has flown for NASA has been six month stays at the ISS the current resupply mission for Dragon
2's cargo variant is the eighth these autonomous cargo voyages typically last three to four weeks
each likewise the previous Dragon 1 Supply ship launched 22 times between December 2010 and March
2020 arriving to the ISS 20 times the first flight took place in December 2010 and was a test to
Earth orbit without a rendezvous attempt with the orbiting lab during a robotic ISS resupply mission
in June 2015 SpaceX also experienced a launch failure over the course of 135 missions from
1981 until the conclusion of the program in 2011 NASA used five different space shuttle orbiters
in devastating catastrophes the Challenger in January 1986 and the Columbia in February 2003
two of those vehicles and their seven astronaut Crews perished the ISS which didn't have its first
humans aboard until November 2000 was constructed with assistance from the space shuttles since then
revolving Crews have been living in the orbital lab continually the space shuttle in contrast
to Dragon wasn't made to be piloted by humans it was always equipped with wings two crucial pieces
of Technology will determine whether spacex's aspirations for human space exploration succeed
or fail and the company's Voyage to the moon will serve as a significant test platform for both
the Falcon heavy rocket which will be the most powerful rocket in the world when it is finished
is the first one and is hotter and literally more explosive the second component the Dragon 2 crew
capsule which will be able to transport people to and from space is less of a spectacle to behold
but is nonetheless equally significant up to seven people can travel on board Dragon 2 a completely
autonomous spaceship that is intended to Journey to Mars in a future red dragon version as well as
the moon and the ISS the majority of the funds used to develop the Dragon 2 came from NASA's
commercial crew program Dragon 2 can land anywhere on Earth just like spacex's other vehicles so it
can be refueled and deployed again for a variety of future missions Elon Musk CEO of SpaceX has
been a strong proponent of adopting reusable architecture to lower the price of space flight
whether it be robotic or crude since the company's Beginnings having a winged metal cylinder
underneath it Dragon 2 resembles a big white candy corn it is 23.6 feet tall and has a diameter of
12 feet when the trunk is included passengers on Dragon 2 can gaze out of the four Windows as they
soar into space and take in the breathtaking vistas of the Earth Moon and solar system the
spacecraft's top is easily dockable with the ISS phenolic impregnated carbon ablator X or Pika
X heat shielding is installed on the spacecraft to insulate it and its occupants from re-entry's
intense heat in case of a problem in the Earth's atmosphere Dragon 2 has a means of escaping eight
super Draco engines that are incorporated into the sidewalls May provide up to 120
000 pounds of axial thrust which can move people to safer ground more than half a kilometer away
in less than five seconds approximately the same g-forces as a ride at Disneyland will be felt by
Riders if they need to escape on top of spacecraft are typically carried the engines for launch abort
systems in order to provide Escape capability from the launch pad all the way to orbit the
engine chamber for Dragon 2 was 3D printed in an in Canal super alloy was regeneratively cooled
and is integrated directly into Dragon 2. this technique also makes it possible for Dragon 2
to land precisely like a helicopter making the spaceship reusable with legs protruding from the
bottom to cushion the shock it lands apart from its trunk what's inside the seats aboard Dragon
2 are constructed of Alcantara and carbon fiber in black and white and there are also futuristic
looking digital displays that show real-time data about the spacecraft's position in space
potential destinations and the environment within Dragon 2's environmental control and life support
systems enable users to regulate the interior temperature of the spaceship to a range between
65 and 80 degrees which is still comfortable given some of the harsh conditions in space
comparable to adjusting your home's thermostat it is development timeline the official successor to
the first dragon known as Dragon 2 was introduced in May 2014 an ISS docking adapter impact reducing
Landing legs and a more sophisticated heat shield are some of the advancements aboard dragon 2.
SpaceX unveiled Dragon 2 to the public in June 2014 in front of the museum in Washington
DC a month later the corporation conducted super Draco engine testing in McGregor Texas
NASA chose SpaceX in September 2014 to take part in its human space flight program and create a
craft that might once more launch astronauts to the ISS from American soil the contract was
worth a paltry 2.6 billion dollars at space launch complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Florida on May 6 2015
SpaceX carried out a pad abort test also known as a trial run for the launch Escape system this was
the crucial first flight test for Dragon 2. the finished spacecraft which included a dummy to
gather data on gravitational loads had to be expelled from the launch vehicle during this
two-minute test and Dragon 2 had to land safely in the Atlantic Ocean in a real flight if the
launch failed this device would immediately remove the crew and spacecraft from the rocket
the test was successful as the eight super dracos generated enough thrust to lift Dragon 2 into the
air and accelerate it to a top speed of 345 mph for the purpose of ensuring passenger safety
SpaceX was able to collect information regarding the launch window the Super Dragon engine's
responsiveness to incoming data the trajectory of Dragon 2 and both internal and external elements
a brief engine firing test and a propulsive hover test were carried out by SpaceX in McGregor Texas
in November 2015. at the same time the Super Draco thrusters fired lifting Dragon 2 into
a 5 Second hover before lowering it to rest here are the significant events in the history of Elon
musk's SpaceX from the catastrophic Starship explosion to nearly going bankrupt in 2008.
after a Russian rocket inventor spat on his shoes in 2001 Elon Musk was motivated
to start developing his own Rockets Laurie Garver a former NASA Deputy Administrator said in a book
on the commercialization of space that Elon was so deeply outraged by this action that he
resolved to found his own rocket firm to compete with them while on the Voyage Home this was the
spit that launched a thousand spaceships just as Helen of Troy's face had done in order to clinch
a deal to purchase space rockets for a future Journey to Mars musk was in Russia at the time
his original aim was to build the Mars Oasis a greenhouse on the planet Mars Jim Cantrell a
co-founder of SpaceX also spoke about the incident in a May Channel 4 program and in Ashley Vance's
biography of musk Elon Musk Tesla SpaceX and the Quest for a fantastic future less than a year
later in 2002 musk formed SpaceX under the name space exploration Technologies Corporation musk
has been engaged in a long-standing competition with Russia which finally led to SpaceX being a
rival to Russia's soyuz rocket in 2005 spacex's Falcon 1 rocket made its public debut the Falcon
1 rocket was an Expendable two-stage to orbit launch vehicle that cost roughly 100 million
dollars to manufacture and musk named the rocket Falcon in an homage to the Millennium Falcon from
Star Wars after naming it after a popular song puffed him Magic Dragon by Peter Paul and Mary
the corporation launched its second spacecraft the dragon a year later musk claimed that he
chose the moniker because many people thought his plans for the company were impractical the
business was one of the very few at the time to make an effort to build a commercial space rocket
musk had committed a third of his income in the Space Project by 2006 after earning Millions when
PayPal was acquired by eBay along with funding from the U.S Department of Defense for its first
two Falcon launches the business also received 278 million dollars from NASA as part of the agency's
commercial orbital Transportation Services Program three unsuccessful launch attempts
made by SpaceX between 2008 and 2006 according to musk nearly led to the company's demise
due to a fuel leak and subsequent fire spacex's first launch attempt in 2006 was unsuccessful a
fuel line nut had deteriorated as a result of the proximity of the Ocean Spray according to
a later analysis of the launch vehicle as a result SpaceX changed their design to use stainless steel
components in place of aluminum the following two launches successfully completed the initial phase
of flight but problems after satellite separation prevented the spacecraft from entering orbit the
unsuccessful attempts caused SpaceX to come dangerously close to bankruptcy according
to Eric Berger's book on SpaceX liftoff Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched
SpaceX musk was apparently experiencing financial difficulties at Tesla at the same time and waking
from nightmares screaming and in physical pain as a result of the stress the fourth launch of
SpaceX was the last chance the corporation had because money was starting to run out
on September 28 2008 the Marshall Islands omalic Island launched the Falcon one for the first time
successfully it was also the first successfully launched orbital rocket from a privately funded
Enterprise marking a significant change in a section hitherto dominated by government
initiatives between the third and fourth launches the rocket underwent no significant modifications
but SpaceX did lengthen the interval between first stage burnout and second stage separation
because the prior failure was thought to have been caused by an improper timing issue
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