The SpaceX Dragon Cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Harmony module for a docking on March 23. [Courtesy: NASA TV]
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SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida, returning over 2 tons of scientific experiments and cargo from the International Space Station in its 30th resupply mission.
Critical science payloads aboard the returned Dragon will be transported via helicopter to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for researchers.
ISS Crew-8 astronauts will relocate their Dragon crew spacecraft to clear the forward port of the Harmony module.
This port clearing is in preparation for the upcoming Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test mission, which is scheduled to launch on May 6 carrying two astronauts to the ISS.
SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon spacecraft, ferrying more than 2 tons of scientific experiments and cargo from the International Space Station (ISS), successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida before dawn Tuesday.
The spacecraft’s return marks the commercial space company’s 30th cargo resupply mission of the orbital outpost for the space agency.
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