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Interesting....

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52840482

Date of article: 14 November 2020

An overview of Crew Dragon
In May 2014, Musk unveiled the seven-seat Crew Dragon concept during an event at SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

It's a capsule design - like the Apollo command modules that carried astronauts to the Moon.

From launch up until shortly before re-entry, the capsule is attached to a section called the trunk, which has solar panels, heat-removal radiators, space for cargo, and fins to provide stability during emergency aborts. Together, the capsule and trunk stand around 8.1m (26.7ft) tall, with a diameter of 4m (13ft).

The vehicle's lifetime in orbit is limited to a few months because of its solar panels, which degrade in the harsh environment of space.