Dragon Capsule Returns To Port With 2.1 Tons Of Cargo Written 5 June 2019
5 June 2019
Spaceflight Now reported that SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft on Monday “returned to Earth with more than 4,200 pounds (1,900 kilograms) of equipment.” Following the capsule’s touchdown in the Pacific Ocean, “SpaceX recovery teams were on station...to hoist the capsule aboard a boat for the trip back to the Port of Los Angeles, where time-sensitive human and animal research specimens will be turned over to science teams around the world.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9 splashes down in Pacific Ocean, 5 May 2018. Credit: NASA)
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Spaceflight Now reported that SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft on Monday “returned to Earth with more than 4,200 pounds (1,900 kilograms) of equipment.” Following the capsule’s touchdown in the Pacific Ocean, “SpaceX recovery teams were on station...to hoist the capsule aboard a boat for the trip back to the Port of Los Angeles, where time-sensitive human and animal research specimens will be turned over to science teams around the world.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9 splashes down in Pacific Ocean, 5 May 2018. Credit: NASA)
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