Dragon capsule returns to Earth with space gifts

SpaceX's spacecraft Dragon splashed down into the the Pacific Friday morning, just off Mexico's Baja California coast. On board the capsule were 3,000 pounds of scientific research and equipment delivered back to Earth from the International Space Station. "Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed," SpaceX reported via Twitter, as its employees readied to retrieve the capsule, which also had 12 mice onboard. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, who joined the space station crew in July, along with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, released the capsule into space at 6:11 a.m. The space laboratory was orbiting over Australia at the time.