DRAGON CRS-3

DRAGON CRS-3 is no longer on orbit
DRAGON CRS-3 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39680

Int'l Code: 2014-022A

Launch date: April 18, 2014
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)
Decay date: 2014-05-18

DRAGON CRS-3 is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA, which was launched on April 18, 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. This was the first launch of a Dragon capsule on the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, as previous launches used the much smaller v1.0 configuration. It was also the first time the F9 v1.1 has flown without a payload fairing, and the first experimental flight test of an ocean recovery of the first stage on a NASA/Dragon mission.