Cargo spacecraft

Spacecraft

Current spacecraft

• the Russian Progress spacecraft—developed by Russian Federal Space Agency
• the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle—developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• the American Dragon spacecraft—developed under contract from NASA by SpaceX, a private spaceflight company
• the American Cygnus spacecraft—developed under contract from NASA by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, a private spaceflight company
• the Chinese Tianzhou spacecraft—developed by the China National Space Administration

  Defunct or retired projects

• the Soviet optionally-crewed TKS spacecraft
• the European Automated Transfer Vehicle—developed by the European Space Agency. The last vehicle, Georges Lemaître ATV, completed its mission in February, 2015.

  Spacecraft in development

• The SpaceX Starship is planned to be a spacecraft launched as the second stage of a reusable launch vehicle. The concept is under development by SpaceX, as a private spaceflight project. It is being designed to be a long-duration cargo- and passenger-carrying spacecraft. While it will be tested on its own initially, it will be used on orbital launches with an additional booster stage, the Super Heavy, where Starship would serve as the second stage on a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. The combination of spacecraft and booster is called Starship as well.
• In January 2016, NASA announced that Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser had been awarded one of the contracts under the second round of the agency's Commercial Resupply Services contracts. NASA committed to purchasing a minimum of six resupply missions to the ISS.

Canceled projects

• The American private-sector Kistler K-1 from Rocketplane Kistler saw its contract with NASA terminated in October 2007 when the company failed to meet objectives. The contract was re-awarded to Orbital Sciences Corporation.