SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, named 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. [1] Early on, it had been named Magic Dragon, and t-shirts had been printed with this name. [2]

The Dragon spacecraft, also known as the pressurized section, allows for the transport of people as well as environmentally sensitive cargo. Dragon is equipped with Draco thrusters that allow Dragon to maneuver while on orbit and 8 SuperDracos that power the …

1 day ago · When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Trump took to social media earlier this week to talk about quickly returning home the two NASA Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since ...

Aug 10, 2020 · SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said he named the Dragon spacecraft after the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon," a 1960s tune from folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. Musk chose the name, he said,...

5 days ago · SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is ready for launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. ... SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his ...

Oct 10, 2024 · SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely event of a parachute failure. Dragon now has built-in redundancy to propulsively land using its...

4 days ago · The wait for Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth may be shorter. That’s because US President Donald Trump has requested SpaceX chief Elon Musk to ensure their speedy return after they have been stuck on the International Space Station since June. As per previous plans, the US space agency has contracted SpaceX to use their Crew Dragon spacecraft for the mission

Aug 30, 2024 · In a 2008 interview with Zeitgeist, Elon Musk revealed that the Dragon capsule was originally slated to be called the "Magic Dragon." This was intended to be a reference to the 1962 folk...

Aug 27, 2023 · A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Sunday (Aug. 27) to ferry a new astronaut crew to the orbiting lab to begin a half-year mission.

Sep 12, 2024 · After breaking an altitude record for a crewed space flight not headed to the moon, two astronauts aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule performed the first ever spacewalk by private astronauts early Thursday morning as the Elon Musk-owned company continues to set benchmarks for commercial operations in space.