--- title: Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 on This Livestream Tonight description: The state-of-the-art Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space system canonical: https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-29T23:00:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:06:45.770Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 On This Live Stream Tonight og:description: The state-of-the-art Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space system og:url: https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 On This Live Stream Tonight twitter:description: The state-of-the-art Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space system twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 on This Livestream Tonight by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 29, 2014 11:00 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 29, 2014 11:00 PM UTC SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will unveil a brand new Dragon spacecraft, which will be responsible for ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station, on this livestream at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, May 29. “SpaceX’s new Dragon V2 spacecraft is a next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts into space,” [said SpaceX in an official statement.](http://www.universetoday.com/111534/spacex-ceo-elon-musk-to-unveil-manned-dragon-space-taxi-on-may-29/) NASA retired its fleet of shuttles in 2011\. It has since been using Russian spacecraft to reach the ISS, [paying Russia $71 million per person per trip.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/30/russias-deputy-pm-tells-u-s-astronauts-to-go-to-space-on-a-trampoline-the-joke-may-be-on-him/) This puts NASA in a precarious situation as Russia could cease service at will — the country’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Roxine, tweeted such a threat from his Twitter account in April, stating “After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest to the USA to bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline.” Musk replied: > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/461279062837968897) SpaceX’s current Dragon design has been used to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station [three times](http://www.businessinsider.com/space-x-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-on-friday-2014-4). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/"},"headline":"Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 on This Livestream Tonight","datePublished":"2014-05-29T23:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:06:45.770Z","description":"The state-of-the-art Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space system","url":"https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/","keywords":["Space","Elon Musk","SpaceX","live stream","rocket"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/136336/spacex-dragon-elon-musk-live-stream/","name":"Watch Elon Musk Unveil SpaceX's Dragon V2 on This Livestream Tonight"}}]}] ```