32+ Spacex Rocket Dragon Launch Images. The spacex dragon, also known as dragon 1 or cargo dragon, was a class of reusable cargo spacecraft developed by spacex, an american private space transportation company. A spacex falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a dragon cargo capsule into orbit on may 22, 2012.

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Flying aboard the spacex crew dragon capsule, the astronauts were only meant to carry cargo and a plush dinosaur toy. The spacex falcon 9 rocket carrying the crew dragon spacecraft lifted off from launch complex 39a at nasa's kennedy space center in florida at 7:27 p.m. Spacex designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

Spacex astronauts dock with space station 02:10.

The falcon rocket thundered into the night from kennedy space center in florida with three americans and one japanese onboard, the second crew to be launched by spacex. The rocket dropped the crew dragon off in orbit about 12 minutes later. The launch began an ambitious mission to show that the company is ready to deliver cargo to the international space station. Four astronauts launched into orbit in the historic first operational flight for spacex's crew dragon spacecraft as part of nasa's commercial crew mission.