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Real Project

Dragon is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, that is an American private


space transportation company, based in Hawthorne, California.
Dragon spacecraft is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stageto-orbit launch vehicle, and SpaceX is developing a crewed version called the
Dragon V2.
Date
its first flight was conducted in December of 2010, however SpaceX began
developing the Dragon spacecraft in late 2004, Also in 2006, SpaceX won a
contract to use the Dragon spacecraft for commercially supplied resupply
services to the International Space Station for the American federal space
agency, NASA.
Actions taken
The NASA with its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)
development program NASA solicited proposals for a commercial ISS
resupply cargo vehicle to replace the then-soon-to-be-retired Space Shuttle,
The Dragon spacecraft was a part of SpaceX's proposal, submitted to NASA in
March 2006. The SpaceX's proposal was issued as part of a team, which also
included the Canadian company MD Robotics.
Money Spent
SpaceX was to receive up to $278 million

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