Today marks the 10th anniversary of completion of the COTS Demo Flight 2 (COTS 2) – Dragon’s first mission to and from the @iss. On May 25, 2012, Dragon become the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the space station. Six days later, Dragon departed the orbiting laboratory and began its return to Earth.
Now, ten years later, SpaceX has a reusable Dragon fleet capable of supporting both crew and cargo missions.