Dragon C211 is the third Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, and the third in a line of International Space Station resupply craft, which replaced the Dragon capsule, manufactured by SpaceX. NASA contracts the mission under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It flew for the first time on the CRS-26 mission in November 2022.
Cargo Dragon C211 is the third and final SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant. C211 and the other Cargo Dragons differ from the crewed variant by launching without seats, cockpit controls, astronaut life support systems, or SuperDraco abort engines. The Cargo Dragon improved many aspects of the original Dragon design, including the recovery and refurbishment process.
Cargo Dragon capsules splash under parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida or the Gulf of Mexico, rather than the previous recovery zone in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California. This NASA preference was added to all CRS-2 awards to allow cargo to be more quickly returned to the Kennedy Space Center after splashdown.
Flights Mission Patch Launch date (UTC) Duration Landing date (UTC) Notes Outcome CRS-26 26 November 202219:20:42 45 days 11 January 202310:19 Sixth time a Dragon 2 used for a CRS mission, sixth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions. CRS-29 10 November 202301:28:14 42 days 22 December 202317:33 Ninth time a Dragon 2 used for a CRS mission, ninth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions. CRS-33 24 August 202506:45:36 187 days 27 February 202607:44Equipped with a "boost kit" with extra propellant and engines to perform re-boosts of the ISS. CRS-35 13 October 2026 (planned) 30-40 days (planned) TBA Fifteenth time a Dragon 2 used for a CRS mission, fifteenth launch of phase 2 of CRS missions.
See also SpaceX Crew-5 Boeing CST-100 Starliner Cargo Dragon C208 Cargo Dragon C209
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