Use wechat scan QR code to share with friends and circle of friends_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=SpaceX "> SpaceX < / a > a cargo dragon < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%A3%9E%E8%88%B9 "> spaceship < / a > missed the first successful launch from < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E7%A9%BA%E9%97%B4%E7%AB%99 "> International Space Station < / a > the opportunity of automatic disengagement. < / P > < p > < / P > < p > the upgraded cargo dragon spacecraft, carrying 2500 kg of scientific experimental equipment and other materials, was originally scheduled to leave the international space station at 10 a.m. est. < / P > < p > the spaceship splashed down on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Daytona, Florida, USA. Due to the bad weather at that time, NASA (< a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=NASA "> NASA < / a >) and SpaceX decided to delay the spacecraft's departure from the space station. < / P > < p > the upgraded cargo dragon spacecraft can carry 20% more cargo than its predecessors, and its splashing location is changed from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, which shortens the time for scientific equipment to arrive at Kennedy Space Center by four hours. The upgraded cargo dragon spacecraft stayed at the space station twice as long as its predecessors, allowing for longer scientific investigations. < / P > < p > the cargo Longfei ship was launched on December 6 and docking with the international space station automatically about 24 hours later. The mission, known as crs-21, is also the first time that the cargo dragon spacecraft has automatically docked to the international space station without using the Canadarm2 manipulator. According to NASA, this mission also marks the first time that two dragon spaceships have been docked with the international space station at the same time, because a manned dragon spaceship has also stopped here since it transported four astronauts to the international space station in November. < p > < p > the crs-21 dragon spacecraft is also the first spacecraft to return directly to the vicinity of Kennedy Space Center since the space shuttle officially retired in 2011. The cargo dragon spacecraft will bring a series of scientific experimental equipment back to earth. "After a SpaceX ship pulls the ship out of the water, a standby team takes the key scientific and technological equipment out of the ship and loads it onto a helicopter," NASA said. The helicopter will deliver the scientific data to the shore a few hours after the splash (Chenchen) < / P > < p >