SpaceX launches 5,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, lands rocket at sea

SpaceX launched its 33rd NASA resupply mission (CRS-33) early Sunday, sending a Dragon capsule carrying 5,000 pounds of food, equipment, and science experiments to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 2:45 a.m. EDT, with its booster landing successfully on a drone ship minutes later. Dragon is scheduled to dock Monday and will remain at the ISS until December. Along with crew supplies, it carries experiments on bone loss prevention, bioprinted liver tissue, and 3D-printed medical implants and metals, Space.com has reported. The mission will also test Dragon’s ability to reboost the ISS’s orbit, a role currently handled by Russian spacecraft.