When the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft reached orbit for ... Its predecessor, the Space Shuttle, had wings that let it glide home and land like a plane. But in returning to the classic capsule design ...
Dragon isn't the first U.S.-built spacecraft to lend its fuel to the space station's orbit. NASA tested an ISS orbit reboost using a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo vehicle in 2022. The data from Dragon ...
Upon its return and blistering reentry through the Earth's atmosphere, the vehicle can glide through the air using its wings ... to the space station to date. The company's Dragon spacecraft ...