SpaceX Cargo Capsule Leaves Space Station For Home 56
An anonymous reader writes "The commercial cargo ship Dragon left the International Space Station, and is heading home with nearly two tons of science experiments and old equipment. From the article: 'The unpiloted Dragon departed the International Space Station at 9:26 a.m. EDT to begin a trip expected to culminate just after 3 p.m. with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles west of Baja California. NASA astronaut and station commander Steve Swanson controlled a 58-foot robotic arm that pulled the Dragon from its Harmony node port at 8 a.m., then released the capsule into space 266 miles over the ocean south of Australia.'"
Re:2 tons? (Score:2, Insightful)
Shut up.
Re:Slashdown confirmed (Score:2, Insightful)
heading home with nearly two tons of science experiments and old equipment
nearly quadruple the load going up...impressive comrade.
to be fair, it was going to fall out of the sky no matter how much stuff was in it.