SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down in Pacific Ocean
Source: Reuters
Technology | Wed May 11, 2016 4:38pm EDT
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down in Pacific Ocean
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. | BY IRENE KLOTZ
A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday carrying about 3,700 pounds (1,680 kg) of experiment results and cargo from the International Space Station, NASA said.
It was the first return load from the station in a year, following a SpaceX launch accident in June 2015 that destroyed another unmanned Dragon capsule.
The company’s Dragon capsules are currently the only ships that can return cargo from the station, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp, known as SpaceX, resumed Dragon flights to the station last month.
Ground controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier on Wednesday used the station’s robot arm to pluck the unmanned capsule from its berthing port and position it for release into space.
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