Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) unveiled the next iteration of its Dragon capsule during a Thursday evening event at SpaceX headquarters. According to SpaceX, the bullet-shaped Dragon V2 will fly unmanned in late 2015, manned in 2016, with NASA personnel in 2017.
This animation shows how Dragon V2 will perform in flight:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_-g3UWQ04&w=700]
The complete webcast of the unveiling is online here:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Abm8rzda4Y&w=700]
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