Gallery: Dragon, SpaceX's Private Spacecraft

Dragon Capsule Engineering Model

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SpaceX tweeted on March 21, 2012: "Check out our Dragon engineering model that's been equipped with seats and representations of crew systems."

Dragon Capsule Crew Seats

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SpaceX tweeted on March 20, 2012: "Each seat in our Dragon spacecraft will hold an adult up to 6 feet 5 inches tall, 250 lbs."

Walheim, Musk and Reisman Inspect Dragon Capsule Interior

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NASA Astronaut Rex Walheim, SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk and SpaceX Commercial Crew Development Manager and former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman standing inside the Dragon spacecraft during testing activities. Photo released March 16, 2012.

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