SpaceX's COTS Demo Flight 2 (Dragon C2+), the first commercial spacecraft to berth with the ISS. Dragon was captured by Canadarm2 on 25 May, delivered cargo, and splashed down in the Pacific on 31 May, certifying Falcon 9/Dragon for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services missions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 5 Falcon 9 v1.0 flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 2012, 07:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.0
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Resupply
- International designator
- 2012-027
- Launches in 2012
- 28th of 78
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