Transporting almost 4,100 Pounds of NASA cargo, technology & science demonstration prototypes from the ISS (International Space Station), SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft cargo was all geared up to drop down last week in the Pacific Ocean. Dragon is the solitary spacecraft for space station resupply presently capable of returning cargo to our planet. The spacecraft took off at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Space Launch Complex 40 on December 15 in Florida, lifting almost 4,800 Pounds of scientific cargo and supplies. It came on December 17 on the ISS. A range of biological and technological revisions are returning in Dragon, claimed NASA.

This comprises components from the “Made in Space Fiber Optics” payload that confirmed making filaments of fiber optic in a microgravity surrounding. Developed by the firm “Made in Space” and supported by the CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space), the probe pulled fiber optic wire from ZBLAN. Now ZBLAN is a heavy metal fluoride glass normally employed to manufacture fiber optic glass.

Study shows that ZBLAN fiber pulled in the microgravity environment might not crystallize as much, considering it enhanced optical abilities in comparison to the silica employed in many of fiber optic wire. Outcome from this probe might result in the manufacture of fiber optic higher-quality goods both on Earth and in space. Mice from Rodent Research-6 research of NASA also will come live to Earth for extra examination.

The probe, which was carried out jointly with the U.S. National Lab, calculated a new device of drug delivery for managing nonstop low doses. This might assist counter muscle wasting and avoid the requirement for frequent or daily drug supervision. A small capsule, fixed below the skin, offers a low and constant dose of a drug through a silicone membrane, with channels as thin as 1/50,000 the thickness of a human hair.