SpaceX launched a crew of four to the ISS on another Dragon capsule. SpaceX successfully launched its latest mission to the International Space Station, using its upgraded Dragon capsule that will dock with the station tomorrow. SpaceX is set to launch its latest batch of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station, but the company is using a slightly different spacecraft for this flight than resupply missions of the pastSpaceX is flying its newly upgraded Dragon capsule to transport the goods to space the same vehicle that the company has been using to fly astronauts to the station. SpaceX has been resupplying the space station since 2012, and for all of its 20 previous missions, the company has used the original version of its Dragon cargo capsule. SpaceX started developing a new Dragon capsule, though, to transport people to and from the ISS. Called Crew Dragon or Dragon 2 the vehicle carried its first crew to space in MayWith the new version operational, SpaceX decided to discontinue the use of its old Dragon capsule and use the upgraded version to carry both crew and cargo. The Dragon 2 capsule sports a number of upgrades over its predecessor; SpaceX says it can carry 50 percent more science payloads.
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