SpaceX’s Ship That Sent Lasers To Space Is Now Coming Back

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SpaceX's CRS-29 mission from the International Space Station (ISS) departed from the orbiting space laboratory in the evening yesterday while it was flying above South America. The mission had flows to the ISS in early October and it carried a variety of payloads including science and research experiments. The CRS-29 mission was one of the more important ones in NASA's manifest as it carried crucial experiments such as laser communication and Earth imaging equipment to the ISS. Its liftoff in November marked SpaceX's 80th mission in 2023, with the ascent leg carrying 6,500 pounds of cargo. After separating from the ISS at 5:05 pm Eastern time, the Cargo Dragon is slated to return to Earth a little under 20 hours by splashing down off of the cost of Florida.

The Cargo Dragon for the CRS-29 mission will return with 4,300 pounds of cargo after it flew to space with equipment that would allow NASA to create a two way laser communications system and monitor atmospheric waves. Returning on the Dragon are completed research experiments as well as other items.

NASA continuously runs scientific experiments for its own scientists and other researchers on the ISS. The station's unique micro gravity environment enables scientists and researchers to see whether materials behave differently on the ISS compared to how they would on Earth. Some research that will make its way to Earth involves the study of plant genetics and the impact of microgravity on cells. Another experiment returning on the CRS 29 measured telomeres in space. These are structures at the end of a DNA strand, and while they