SpaceX Cargo Dragon Capsule Splashes Down Off Florida Coast

Mark Carreau December 17, 2024

SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—SpaceX and NASA declared a successful splashdown and recovery of the company’s 31st agency-contracted Dragon cargo mission capsule on Dec. 17 in the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City, Florida. The return ended a nearly eight-week roundtrip to the seven-person International Space Station (ISS)...
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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