Dragon Returns to Earth, More Cargo Preps, Advanced Research Underway

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202608 A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has returned to Earth filled with several thousand pounds of science experiments and lab hardware for retrieval and analysis, completing a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Dragon parachuted to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 2:44 p.m. EST on Thursday, where NASA and SpaceX support personnel awaited the science- and cargo-packed spacecraft. Dragon undocked from the space station at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday, where it had been moored since August 25, 2025.