SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth, Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean

The privately funded Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday afternoon, after leaving the International Space Station earlier in the morning.

Dragon was released from the ISS' robotic arm at 9:26 a.m. ET, according to NASA, and made contact with the Pacific Ocean at 3:06 p.m. ET, 300 miles off the west coast of Baja California.

Dragon developer SpaceX tweeted photos of the spacecraft leaving the ISS. Dragon was sent to resupply the space station, and bring other supplies home

Dragon is released from the ISS! Departure burns 1&2 completepic.twitter.com/04vGDbQU02

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