SpaceX Cargo Dragon Splashes Down After Space Station Departure

Dragon cargo capsule.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA reports a successful recovery of the agency’s 26th SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule from the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast following its departure from the seven-person International Space Station (ISS) earlier this week. The parachute-assisted splashdown occurred Jan. 11 at 5:19 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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