flown by SpaceX USA

CRS-21

Success
DEC 06202016:17:08 UTC

First cargo flight of the Dragon 2 spacecraft, replacing the original Cargo Dragon that had retired with CRS-20. The trunk carried the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock — the first commercially funded permanent module added to the ISS — which installs on Tranquility and gives external payloads a self-contained route in and out of the station.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-101 into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Booster

B1058.4

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    SpaceX CRS-21 (Dragon C208.1)

    ISS logistics

  • 02

    Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

    Satellite deployment / ISS assembly

last updated May 26, 2026