{"id":504580,"date":"2026-06-17T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504580\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:13:13","slug":"spacex-dragon-splashes-down-in-pacific-completes-cargo-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504580\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific, Completes Cargo Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 5:11 a.m. PDT (8:11 a.m. EDT), the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California near Oceanside, marking the return of the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Space Station<\/a> for NASA.<\/p>\n<p>Dragon undocked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/2026\/06\/16\/dragon-undocks-to-return-science-experiments-to-earth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12:25 p.m. EDT on June 16<\/a>, carrying samples that could shape future space exploration and life on Earth.\u202f\u00a0Research returning includes\u00a0bioprinted\u00a0organ and cartilage tissue, data on improving cryogenic fuel storage for future space missions, and DNA\u2011inspired materials to develop new cancer treatments. The returning hardware includes an ocular imaging device used to\u00a0monitor\u00a0crew members\u2019 eye health, an absorbent bed that filters trace contaminants from cabin air, and a separator pump from the waste and hygiene compartment.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft arrived at the space station on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/2026\/05\/17\/spacex-dragon-docks-to-station-filled-with-new-science-experiments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-science-cargo-launch-on-34th-spacex-resupply-mission-to-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">launching<\/a> two days earlier on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">space station blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/space_station\" rel=\"nofollow\">@space_station<\/a> on X, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/G246xLa\/nasanews\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/953024efdc924c6f64f63936007555957934d147d0248bbbc9670e69e388705a.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>June 17, 2026 8:19AM<\/p>\n<p>More from International Space Station<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 5:11 a.m. PDT (8:11 a.m. EDT), the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[118998,61,1658,60,1659,82,247],"class_list":["post-504580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-expedition-74","tag-ie","tag-international-space-station-iss","tag-ireland","tag-iss-research","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}