The Dragon V2 capsule, which SapceX hopes to use to
transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station. (Robyn
Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Just weeks after the Russia news, however, SpaceX debuted its new Dragon V2 capsule — an upgraded version of its current space capsule that's capable of carrying humans.
Later, NASA formally announced that both the Dragon and Boeing's CST-100capsule were selected to go forward in the plan to transport astronauts to the ISS. If all goes as planned, that will begin in 2017.
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