SpaceX Cargo Ship Returns to Earth in Ocean Splashdown

Miami: SpaceX's unmanned Dragon supply ship left the International Space Station Thursday and hours later splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, NASA said.

The Dragon began its journey back to Earth at 7:04 am (local time), when the US space agency broadcast images of the white capsule floating away from the space station's robotic arm.

The vessel, aided by parachutes, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, California at 4:42 pm (local time), SpaceX said.