SpaceX to stop making its Crew Dragon capsule—here are the records it broke

Three years after the first capsule was launched, SpaceX will now limit its reusable Crew Dragon fleet to four carefully maintained spacecraft.

SpaceX is going to cease production of its Crew Dragon human spaceflight capsule, capping its existing fleet at four.

was in the process of finishing its final capsule, after which it would only be manufacturing components so that existing ones can be refurbished.—an upcoming spacecraft that is at the heart of SpaceX's ambitions of taking astronauts to the moon and Mars. Crew Dragon, on the other hand, is flight-proven and has been instrumental in ending U.S. reliance on Russia to ferry astronautsThe Crew Dragon capsule Resilience is seen docked to the International Space Station in May, 2021, shortly before returning to Earth. SpaceX has said it will halt production of the capsules, capping its fleet to four.Crew Dragon first reached Earth orbit in March, 2019, on its.

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