Dragon V2 Spacecraft

On 23 August 2012, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that SpaceX had completed all required milestones under the COTS contract, and was cleared to begin operational re-supply missions to the ISS.
- Operational flights
Dragon was launched on its first operational CRS-contract mission on 8 October 2012, and completed the mission successfully on 28 October.
SpaceX CRS-2, the second CRS mission from SpaceX, was successfully launched on March 1, 2013. SpaceX CRS-3, SpaceX's third CRS mission, was launched on April 18, 2014 and has been berthed with the ISS since April 20, 2014.