SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Returns from Second Cargo Trip

The Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) completed it's second cargo flight with the Dragon spacecraft. The Dragon spacecraft landed at the "International Space Station on March 26, with a 12:36 p.m. EDT splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico. Pictured Here is the Dragon spacecraft with three parachutes released, landing in Baja California, Mexico. The spacecraft will be used for cargo transportation and is a highlight of the advantages of privatized space exploration and technology.

The Dragon spacecraft is the first and only of it's kind. It has the ability to resupply space stations with cargo and can able to return a significant amount of cargo to Earth. The spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and carried "about 1,268 pounds (575 kilograms) of supplies and investigations....It returned about 2,668 pounds (1,210 kilograms) of science samples, equipment, and education activities."

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