SpaceX Cargo Dragon Splashes Down For Pacific Ocean Recovery

dragon cargo capsule on approach to ISS
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, seen as it approached the ISS for docking on April 22.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA and SpaceX report a successful early May 25 parachute-assisted Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery of the company's 32 nd agency-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The splashdown off the coast of southern California occurred at 1:44 a.m...
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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