SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lands at Chicago museum ahead of exhibit

The twice-flown Dragon is set to go on permanent display in the spring of 2023.

will join other historic spacecraft in the museum's Henry Crown Space Center when it debuts on public display in the spring of 2023." Chevy Humphrey, president and chief executive officer of the Museum of Science and Industry, said on Thursday during a ceremony celebrating the capsule's delivery.

The Dragon joining the MSI collection, which SpaceX had assigned the serial number C113, was the 13th and last first-generation cargo capsule produced by the company.

SpaceX retired the first-generation Dragon spacecraft in 2020, replacing them with a more advanced model that was capable of flying both cargo and astronauts. "This Dragon spacecraft very much embodies an exciting future for MSI, for the South Side, for our city and, yes, for space exploration as a whole as we look to more lunar and Mars manned missions," said Samir Mayekar, Deputy Mayor of Chicago."To have this at our fingertips for all of us Chicagoans and our visitors, it is going to inspire us for our next chapter in terms of us being a 'city of stories.

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