This NASA image shows the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, loaded with over 7,700 pounds of science, supplies, and cargo, approaches the International Space Station for a docking 264 miles above the Atlantic ocean in between South America and Africa on March 16, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)

LOS ANGELES - SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday with scientific research samples and hardware.

According to NASA, Dragon undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:05 pm Eastern Time (2205 GMT) on Thursday.

After about 20 hours of flight, Dragon made a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of the US state of Florida on Friday.

Dragon launched on Nov 9 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Dragon carried back to Earth more than 4,300 pounds (1,950 kg) of supplies and scientific experiments designed to take advantage of the space station's microgravity environment, said NASA.

Dragon launched on Nov 9 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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The spacecraft arrived at the ISS on Nov 11 as SpaceX's 29th commercial resupply services mission for NASA, delivering about 6,500 pounds of research investigations, crew supplies and station hardware.