ISS Science Cargo Returns To Earth In Dragon Capsule

Credit: Artist's concept of Dragon: SpaceX
SpaceX recovery teams retrieved the company’s 12th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission capsule from Pacific waters off the coast of Baja, California, early Sept. 17, hours after it departed the International Space Station with a science-rich 3,800-lb. return cargo. The capsule’s parachute...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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