SpaceX’s Dragon lands in the Pacific Ocean after successful trip

[phantom power]

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) – A Dragon cargo ship owned by California-based Space Exploration Technologies ended a 28-day stay at the International Space Station on Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific Ocean.

Space Station commander Steven Swanson used a robotic crane to release the Dragon capsule, built and operated by the company more commonly known as SpaceX, at 9:26 a.m. ET (1326 GMT) as the two vehicles soared in orbit 266 miles (428 km) above Earth.

“Thanks to everybody who worked this Dragon mission. It went very well,” Swanson radioed to flight directors at NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston after Dragon left the station’s orbit.

About five and a half hours later, the capsule made a parachute descent into the Pacific, splashing down about 300 miles (482 km) west of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/19/splashdown-confirmed-spacexs-dragon-lands-in-the-pacific-ocean-after-successful-trip/

[leftyohiolib]

1. so there russia

[bananas]

2. Three more years before it takes people to the ISS.

Was supposed to happen next year, but Congress has been underfunding commercial crew development.

[sakabatou]

3. And we all know how much the current Congress cares about this