SpaceX Operations Crew Dragon Designed with crew and reuse in mind, Crew Dragon is an innovative achievement worthy of the challenge to advance human spaceflight. Name: Crew Dragon, SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft Mission: SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft will re-establish an American human launch capability, beginning with flights to the International Space Station, which will increase the use of the orbiting laboratory’s unique research environment. Crew Dragon is an autonomous spacecraft designed to deliver crew and critical cargo to orbiting destinations. Crew Dragon launches atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with SpaceX, the company developed its Dragon spacecraft to carry cargo to space, but it was designed with people in mind from the beginning.