Dragon V2 (aka
Crew Dragon or
Dragon 2, and formerly
DragonRider) is the second version of the
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which will be a
human-rated vehicle capable of making a terrestrial
soft landing. It includes a set of four side-mounted
thruster pods with two
SuperDraco engines each which can serve as a
Launch Abort System (LAS) or be used for propulsive landings. In addition, it has much larger windows, landing legs which extend from the bottom of the spacecraft, new
computers and
avionics, and redesigned
solar arrays, all packaged in a spacecraft with a changed
outer mold line from the initial cargo Dragon that has been flying for several years.