SpaceX Cargo Dragon Heads To Earth With Live Mice Onboard! Jan 12, 2021 09:05 EST
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. s (SpaceX) second-generation cargo Dragon capsule successfully departed from the International Space Station (ISS) at 09:05 EST today after yesterday s separation was postponed due to weather conditions at the splashdown site. The capsule took to the skies in early December last year from NASA s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and onboard were several payloads such as a brand new docking adapter and scientific payloads for cancer research. The capsule is expected to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, allowing NASA to recover its payloads much faster than previously possible. After splashdown, the next cargo flight for SpaceX s Dragon 2 is the schedule for May as part of NASA s microgravity research flights.