It was the first crewed flight test of dragon capsule.
Spacex dragon solar panels.
Long road for nasa boeing and spacex to safer manned flight.
Actually getting the solar panels to fit while accounting for the fact that the array will expand and shrink.
Victor tangermann december 19th 2018.
The trunk remains attached to dragon until shortly before reentry into earth s atmosphere.
Spacex shows off crew dragon s integrated solar panels for the first time.
When elon musk unveiled dragon v2 last year we got our first truly good look at what spacex s crew vehicle is like.
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Dragon s trunk not only carries unpressurized cargo but also supports the spacecraft during ascent.
One half of the trunk is covered in solar panels which provide power to dragon during flight and while on station.
Crew dragon endeavour dragon c206 is a crew dragon spacecraft manufactured and operated by spacex and used by nasa s commercial crew program it was launched into orbit on top of a falcon 9 rocket on 30 may 2020 and successfully docked to the international space station iss on 31 may 2020 as part of the crew dragon demo 2 mission.
Bryan mazor left was awarded with a solar cell by nasa colleagues in recognition for his work on the solar array of spacex s crew dragon spaceship.
Spacex launched a flight proven falcon 9 rocket friday deploying a dragon spacecraft on the crs 13 resupply mission to the international space station.
Spacex s previous dragon design which retired earlier this year after 20 unpiloted cargo delivery flights to the space station used unfolding solar panels to generate electricity.
Spacex s reusable dragon 2 crew capsule is covered in solar panels even the side fins appear to be lined with a mosaic of small panels.