WTXL 7/9/2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The Dragon Capsule made a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico around 11:32 p.m., according to SpaceX's Twitter page.
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Splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the @space_station!
NASA announced Thursday that the SpaceX Cargo Dragon Capsule would be returning to Earth during re-entry with an eventual splashdown near Florida's capital city.
"On Friday, July 9, Dragon will conduct a deorbit burn to begin its re-entry sequence into Earth’s atmosphere," said NASA. "Dragon is expected to splash down at approximately 11:29 p.m. in the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida."
Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown.
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