17+ Spacex Dragon Capsule Launch Gif. Spacex designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The launch was the second for the rocket's first stage, and the third for this dragon capsule.
Spacex and nasa complete historic launch successfully. The spacex crew dragon spacecraft sits perched atop a falcon 9 rocket ahead of its march 2 launch from nasa's kennedy space center in florida. The flight was the the fulfillment of a risky bet by nasa under the obama administration to entrust the private sector to fly astronauts.
Two american astronauts are cruising to the international space station aboard a spacex capsule, forging a new landmark for nasa and visionary billionaire.
Spacex is slated to launch its first passengers into space wednesday afternoon. Following a one day delay because of high wind and weather conditions, spacex will attempt to launch the crew aboard the dragon capsule into space on sunday. The uncrewed flight to the space station is a key step in nasa's plans to send astronauts into orbit on commercial spacecraft. A spacex falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a dragon cargo capsule into orbit on may 22, 2012.