# Dragon 2 hover test (24159153709)

- By: SpaceX Photos
- Date: Taken on 23 November 2015, 13:19
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Dragon 2 hover test
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dragon_2_hover_test_(24159153709).jpg)
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A full-size test article of the SpaceX Crew Dragon named DragonFly fires its eight SuperDraco engines in a development test of its ability to land with the accuracy of a helicopter using only the thrusters. The company conducted two tethered tests vehicle attached to a crane so engineers could refine the landing software and systems on the spacecraft. SpaceX envisioned returning people to Earth from space on the power of thrust instead of beneath parachutes. SpaceX, in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is developing the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 integrated system to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from the United States.