Late Thursday night (Sept. 30) in the southeastern United States, anybody searching for might have glimpsed a fantastic streak, routing down into the Atlantic Ocean off Floridas east coast. It was actually a SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returning to Earth after a journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon, which flew to the ISS as part of SpaceXs 23rd freight resupply objective for NASA (CRS-23), had been in space given that August. It went to the ISS bring several tons of materials, devices and science experiments for the Expedition 65 team. Those experiments consisted of a student project from Hasselt University in Belgium and the island nation of Maltas first-ever contribution to the ISS: probing the microbes inside the skin of foot ulcers.Related: SpaceX Dragon launches huge science haul to area station for astronaut health, plant stress and moreHere it is from Newnan, GA pic.twitter.com/oLWipFtVpAOctober 1, 2021See more@SpaceX over a Georgia sky pic.twitter.com/vOT98BtitIOctober 1, 2021See moreAfter over a month in area, CRS-23 went back to Earth on Thursday. The pill undocked from the ISS at 9:12 a.m. EDT (1312 GMT), as it was flying over the Pacific Ocean. At 10:07 p.m. EDT (0207 GMT on Friday), the capsule fired its engines to knock itself out of Earths orbit and start its descent into the atmosphere.Ive seen Falcon 9 rockets fall from the sky and land safely back on Earth, however Ive never seen a Dragon Spacecraft re-enter the environment. This blazing streak in the sky is @SpaceX bringing its #CRS 23 mission to a splashdown off the coast of Florida last night. @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/YMlUA06aYoOctober 1, 2021See moreOver the next several minutes, the Dragon crossed east over North America, leaving a bright path in its wake that showed up from all across the Southeastern United States. As it crossed over Florida and Georgia, Earthlings could even hear its loud sonic boom. At 10:57 p.m. EDT (0257 GMT), less than an hour after its first burn, it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.Wow it just flew over my head. A minutes later a huge sonic boom!!!! #spaceX pic.twitter.com/dNM1ii8x6DOctober 1, 2021See moreNow, SpaceX and NASA will go about recuperating the Dragon pill and the keepsakes its brought back from the ISS: several tons worth of devices and the outcomes of a couple of more science experiments. The recyclable pill will be cleaned up and prepared for its next launch; already, this is the 2nd time this specific pill has actually flown to area and back again.SpaceXs Cargo Dragon spacecraft is raised aboard a healing vessel after splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (Image credit: SpaceX) Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..
