39115 - DRAGON CRS-2

SPACEX CRS-2, also known as SPX-2, is the fourth flight for SpaceX's un-crewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, the fifth and final flight for the company's two-stage Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle, and the second SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract.

Dragon is filled with supplies for the ISS, including critical materials to support science investigations. Later this month, Dragon will return a payload that includes research results, education experiments and space station hardware.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2013-03-01
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States