SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, which is responsible for the resupply services mission, returned to Earth on Friday, carrying scientific research samples and equipment.
NASA explained that the spacecraft separated from the International Space Station at 5:05 pm Eastern Time (22:05 GMT) on Thursday.
After about 20 hours of flight, the vehicle landed with the help of a parachute off the coast of the US state of Florida on Friday.
NASA added that the Dragon vehicle had returned to Earth more than 4,300 pounds (1,950 kilograms) of supplies and scientific experiments designed to take advantage of the space station’s microgravity environment.
“Dragon” was launched on November 9 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on November 11 for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for NASA, delivering about 6,500 pounds of research experiments, crew supplies, and instrumentation to the station.
