Elon Musk Space Capsule Interior Is So Much Nicer Than The Competition

By Dina Spector 16 hours ago

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The Dragon V2, unveiled at SpaceX company Thursday, can take seven astronauts to the International Chasm Station.SpaceX bare on Thursday an reorganized mime of its cargo-only-carrying Dragon spacecraft, broadcast off the new capsule's spruce internal amid room to take seven astronauts.

The Dragon V2 is a lot pompous spacious than the Russia Soyuz spacecraft, which frenzy three belt members and has been NASA's clearly way of rescue American astronauts to space to the same extent the agency stop trading down its shuttle program in 2011.Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli (right), pictured happening the Soyuz amid Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, called the pill "short but definite" on his Flickr expanse after inveterate to Clay from the space station in May 2011.

. ESA/Paolo NespoliCady Coleman, Dmitri Kondratyev, and Paolo Nespoli happening the Soyuz pill on Dec. 11, 2010.NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams looks a bit constrained in this photo eventful happening a Soyuz spacecraft so it was docked amid the space station in July 2006.

Manner lanai. NASAPassengers happening the Dragon pill vision a lot pompous subject matter, despite the consequences the extra studio.

Manner lanai. SpaceX Another upgrades on the Dragon V2 take a control put in the bank that swings down and hair at home place after the belt is seated and super thrusters that essence maintain the belt to rest if there's a make at any directly within flight. The Dragon pill is afterward made-up to be reusable, which essence berth the measure of rescue the upper crust at home space.

Manner lanai. SpacXThe control put in the bank happening the Dragon V2. Chasm X and two other companies, Boeing and the Sierra Nevada Corp., limit acknowledged keep from NASA's Trade Gather Move Skillfulness program to operate a space taxi, amid the purpose of having one dated to fly belt to the space station by 2017.The Dragon V2 spacecraft is liable to fly for the first time behind this engagement.