For most of us regular Joes, the image of an astronaut (not the tourist-astronaut kind that recently popped up) is that of a physically-perfect human bei.
The updated crew Dragon spaceship splashed down at 01:30 GMT this morning
It contains a number of scientific experiments and a case of Bordeaux wine
Previous Dragons splashed down in the Pacific but this is the first Atlantic drop
This is the first time science experiments from the ISS have gone through Kennedy Space Center in Florida since the end of the space shuttle operations
SpaceX Cargo Dragon Heads To Earth With Live Mice Onboard! Jan 12, 2021 09:05 EST
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. s (SpaceX) second-generation cargo Dragon capsule successfully departed from the International Space Station (ISS) at 09:05 EST today after yesterday s separation was postponed due to weather conditions at the splashdown site. The capsule took to the skies in early December last year from NASA s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and onboard were several payloads such as a brand new docking adapter and scientific payloads for cancer research. The capsule is expected to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, allowing NASA to recover its payloads much faster than previously possible. After splashdown, the next cargo flight for SpaceX s Dragon 2 is the schedule for May as part of NASA s microgravity research flights.
HOUSTON (NASA PR) Dozens of experiments are going on at any given time aboard the
International Space Station. Research conducted in 2020 is advancing our understanding in areas of study from Parkinson’s disease to combustion.
Space station research results published this year came from experiments performed and data collected during the past 20 years of continuous human habitation aboard the orbiting laboratory. Between October 1, 2019, and October 1, 2020, the station’s Program Research Office identified more than 300 scientific publications based on space station research.
Here are the highlights of what we learned this year about groundbreaking space station science:
Small-scale drug delivery
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works with nanoparticle samples in the Kubik facility aboard the space station. (Credits: NASA)