- SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon 2 - Download Free 3D model by Forest Katsch (@ForestKatsch) [f709fc9] SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center … Now all eyes are now on the 'safety' of crew members who are 'flying free'. This is the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster (in its landing configuration) and the SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft (in flight configuration.) That works out to less than $2,500 (£2,000) per pound to orbit. By the end of the day, the rocket was raised to a vertical position. Watch Flacon 9’s return to earth: After entering the orbit, Hurley thanked the crew members for Falcon’s “incredible flight to space". The SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket look ready to go in Florida. Falcon 9 has been human-rated for transporting NASA astronauts to the ISS as part of the NASA Commercial Crew Development program. The NASA-SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule blasted off from Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Pad 39A on May 30 at 3:22pm EDT. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft were lowered horizontal on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center the day before launch, allowing teams to … Currently, Falcon 9 has been certified for the National Security Space Launch program and NASA Launch Services Program as "Category 3", which can launch the priciest, most important, and most complex NASA missions. Falcon 9 …

The Falcon 9 rocket can hit speeds of 17,000 miles per hour Credit: Handout - Getty. Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. Company employees then rolled a fully-integrated Falcon 9-Crew Dragon up the pad ramp atop the Transporter/Erector.