SpaceX Dragon C106 is a
Dragon
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space capsule built by
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an America, American space technology company headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase, Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. Since its founding in 2002, the compa ...
.
It is the first reused SpaceX Dragon capsule to be reflown into space, having its second launch in 2017.
C106 was first used on
CRS-4, and then used again for the
CRS-11 and
CRS-19 missions.
It was the second capsule after
C108 to be used a third time, marking a milestone in SpaceX's drive to reduce space launch costs through reusing hardware.
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History
C106 was built as the sixth production Dragon capsule.International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
(ISS). It splashed down in October 2014, and was successfully retrieved.heatshield
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replaced while the hull, avionics
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, and Draco thrusters were refurbished.[ After undergoing another refurbishment, C106 was launched again for the CRS-19 mission.
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Flights
See also
* Falcon 9 booster B1029
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, the second SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
* Falcon 9 booster B1021
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expend ...
, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be reused
* Falcon 9 booster B1019, the first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to be successfully landed
* Gemini spacecraft No. 2
Gemini SC-2 (Spacecraft No. 2) was the second NASA Project Gemini full-up reentry capsule built. This McDonnell Gemini capsule was the first space capsule to be reused, flying twice in suborbital flights. SC-2 flew on Gemini 2 and OPS 0855 flight ...
, the first space capsule to be reflown
* Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to /
using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique " feathering" atmospheric reentry system where the r ...
* McDonnell Douglas DC-X
The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic ...
* Blue Origin New Shepard
New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the first American to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The v ...
* Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...
References
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Individual space vehicles
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