An employee with contractor Jacobs from contractor Jacobs transports research cargo from the International Space Station for processing inside the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2021. The experiments returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

An employee with contractor Jacobs transports research cargo from the International Space Station for processing inside the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2021. The experiments returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

Senior Scientist George Makedonas, from NASA’S Human Immunology and Virology Lab, works with blood samples returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 10, 2021. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

An Airbus H225 helicopter with cargo from SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission lands during the early morning on July 10, 2021, at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From there, contractor Jacobs transported the cargo to the center’s Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

Senior Scientist George Makedonas, from NASA’S Human Immunology and Virology Lab, works with blood samples returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 10, 2021. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 11:29 p.m. EST on July 9, 2021, the cargo Dragon spacecraft was loaded aboard SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery ship. The SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

Senior Scientist George Makedonas, from NASA’S Human Immunology and Virology Lab, works with blood samples returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 10, 2021. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.

Members of the cold stowage team unpack science experiments inside the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2021. The experiments returned to Earth on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission. After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida at 11:29 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to the SSPF, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects.