DRAGON CRS-1

DRAGON CRS-1 is no longer on orbit
DRAGON CRS-1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38846

Int'l Code: 2012-054A

Launch date: October 8, 2012
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)
Decay date: 2012-10-28

DRAGON CRS-1 is the first of at least 12 missions to the International Space Station that SpaceX will fly for NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Dragon is filled with about 1,000 pounds of supplies, including critical materials to support the 166 investigations planned for the station’s Expedition 33 crew, of which 63 will be new. Dragon will return with about 734 pounds of scientific materials, including results from human research, biotechnology, materials and education experiments, as well as about 504 pounds of space station hardware.