Spacex Dragon Splashed In Pacific Ocean

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Spacex Dragon Splashed In Pacific Ocean
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship landed after a month long stay at the International Space Station.The capsule carried about 3,800 pounds (1,724 kilograms) of science experiments and equipment no longer needed aboard the station. It blasted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sept. 21 with more than 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) of food, supplies, experiments and equipment including a prototype 3-D printer and 20 live mice that are being used in medical experiments to assess bone and muscle loss during long-duration spaceflights.

Dragon also delivered a 26 million NASA science instrument called RapidScat that was attached to the outside of the station to measure wind speeds over the oceans.

RapidScat will measure ocean winds, helping to forecast the paths of hurricanes and tropical storms

SPACEX Dragon

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