Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the private
spaceflight company SpaceX, unveiled his firm's latest innovation — the Dragon
V2 manned spaceship —Thursday night (May 29) in a stylish debut for the
21st-century space taxi for astronauts.
SpaceX's Dragon Version 2 crewed spacecraft has a sleek
interior design, complete with a large tablet-like computer that swivels down
in front of the capsule's tan leather seats. The manned space capsule can
ferrying up to seven astronauts to and from destinations like the International
Space Station, Musk said during the
reveal, which SpaceX webcast live online from its headquarters in Hawthorne,
California.