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<\/a>SpaceX\u2019s upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 4:05 p.m. EST off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company\u2019s 24th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station<\/a> for NASA. The spacecraft carried more than 4,900 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth.<\/p>\n Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the experiments to NASA\u2019s Space Station Processing Facility at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, allowing researchers to collect data with minimal sample exposure to Earth\u2019s gravity.<\/p>\n Some of the scientific investigations that Dragon will return to Earth include:<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SpaceX\u2019s upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 4:05 p.m. EST off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company\u2019s 24th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft carried more than 4,900 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth. Splashing down off the coast \u2026 Continue reading \n
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