{"id":15967,"date":"2018-05-04T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T21:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15967"},"modified":"2018-05-04T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T21:16:41","slug":"spacex-dragon-returning-for-a-splashdown-in-pacific-with-a-load-of-cargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15967","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Dragon returning for a splashdown in Pacific with a load of cargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Dragon Cargo spaceship will depart from the ISS on Saturday morning. The Dragon was launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral on April 2 and berthed to the station April 4th. The vehicle delivered over 2.5 mT of supplies, equipment, and science\/technology experiments.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is to land in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, bringing over 2 tons of cargo and science\/tech experimental items:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-science-to-return-to-earth-aboard-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-1\" target=\"_d\">NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft | NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Updates on the return and recovery from the ocean will be posted at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station\" target=\"_d\">Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fmission_pages%2Fstation%2Fresearch%2Findex.html\" target=\"_d\">ISS Research (@ISS_Research) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX (@SpaceX) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of SpaceX and NASA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everyday Astronaut<\/a> discusses the question of whether the two organizations are competitors or partners:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HoGaSTR3wJ4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c2kttnw7Yiw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Dragon Cargo spaceship will depart from the ISS on Saturday morning. The Dragon was launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral on April 2 and berthed to the station April 4th. The vehicle delivered over 2.5 mT of supplies, equipment, and science\/technology experiments. The vehicle is to land in the Pacific Ocean off the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15967\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SpaceX Dragon returning for a splashdown in Pacific with a load of cargo<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,96,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-micrograv","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-49x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12628,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12628","url_meta":{"origin":15967,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX cargo Dragon returns from the ISS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a video of the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft leaving theInt. 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