Washington: SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, with about 4,100 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said.
A variety of technological and biological studies are returning in Dragon, including hardware from the "Made in Space Fiber Optics" payload, which demonstrated manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment, the US space agency said.
Designed by the company "Made in Space" and sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the investigation pulled fiber optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fiber optic glass.
Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fiber optic products both in space and on Earth.
The investigation, which was conducted jointly with the US National Lab, evaluated a new drug delivery device for administering continuous low doses, which could help counteract muscle wasting and prevent the need for daily or frequent drug administration.
The drug, called formoterol, is a common therapy in asthma inhalers and for other lung diseases that relaxes muscles responsible for tightening a patient's airways.
Dragon is the only space station resupply spacecraft currently able to return cargo to Earth.
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A variety of technological and biological studies are returning in Dragon, including hardware from the "Made in Space Fiber Optics" payload, which demonstrated manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment, the US space agency said.
Designed by the company "Made in Space" and sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the investigation pulled fiber optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fiber optic glass.
Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fiber optic products both in space and on Earth.
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The investigation, which was conducted jointly with the US National Lab, evaluated a new drug delivery device for administering continuous low doses, which could help counteract muscle wasting and prevent the need for daily or frequent drug administration.
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The drug, called formoterol, is a common therapy in asthma inhalers and for other lung diseases that relaxes muscles responsible for tightening a patient's airways.
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Dragon is the only space station resupply spacecraft currently able to return cargo to Earth.
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(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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