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SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule Returns To Earth, Carrying Scientific Experiments The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 1019 UTC, Wednesday, Jan. 11, off the coast of Tampa, Florida. This marks the return of SpaceX’s 26th contracted cargo resupply(CRS-26) mission to the International Space Station(ISS) for NASA. The capsule carried approximately 4,400 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth. Scientific experiments returned by the Dragon include: Deep space radiation protection vest, Bioprospecting in space, and XROOTS which used hydroponic (water-based) and aeroponic (air-based) techniques to grow plants without soil or other growth media. The CRS-26 mission Dragon lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 26, 2022, carrying about 7,700 pounds of cargo to the ISS, including two new power-augmenting solar arrays, which NASA astronauts installed during two spacewalks in December. https://www.keneci.com/hotfeed-read-more#h.f66fq9cskz1h