Unlike the Dragon capsule, the trunk is destroyed upon reentry and not recovered. The capsule then reenters the atmosphere, protected by an advanced Thermal Protection System. The majority of the ...

Polaris Dawn's spacecraft will ... the vacuum of space. A new thermal management system, to keep the astronauts at a stable temperature, includes materials used in Dragon's trunk and in the ...

SpaceX is planning to fire the engines of its Dragon cargo spacecraft this week ... power generation and thermal hardware tailored to complete this mission," as SpaceX Dragon mission management ...

SpaceX launched a capsule from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday to test a proposed escape system. A dummy was on board, but no humans were on the test flight. Photo: AP/Orlando Sentinel ...