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  • Dragon spacecraft splashes down with station research specimens

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    SpaceX released this view of the Dragon spacecraft descending to the Pacific Ocean on Friday. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX-owned Dragon cargo craft left the International Space Station on Friday and flew back to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with a dozen mice and more than 3,000 pounds of experiment specimens and…

  • SpaceX shares eye-catching slow-mo rocket footage

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    SpaceX has released a new YouTube video showing up-close, slow-motion views of recent Falcon 9 rocket launches and landings at Cape Canaveral, and it’s something you want to see. The views were recorded by high-speed cameras at Cape Canaveral and edited into a video accompanied by music. The imagery sequence begins with zoomed-in views of…

  • Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifted vertical for cargo launch

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    SpaceX installed time-sensitive cargo into the pressurized cabin of a Dragon resupply capsule Sunday in the final hours before liftoff with nearly 2.5 tons of experiments and a critical docking system to welcome piloted commercial spaceships to the International Space Station. Using a pristine, climate-controlled access port, SpaceX technicians added the “late load” cargo into…