SpaceX's Dragon capsule made it to the International Space Station carrying some really important things like ice cream. <\/p>\n
The capsule landed early Wednesday and delivered over3 tons of NASA cargoand research supplies to astronauts on the ISS. <\/p>\n
The haul includes supplies for various projects. One experiment aims to grow crystals of a protein believed to be a strong contributor to Parkinson's disease. <\/p>\n
Earth's gravity stunts the protein's growth on the ground, but researchers in space don't have that problem. <\/p>\n
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NASA also put20 live mice in the bundleso researchers can study the effects of long-term space missions. Another experiment will collectdata on cosmic rays. <\/p>\n
The ice cream, you might imagine, isn't for science; there was just some extra room. <\/p>\n
The capsule is expected to leave the ISS in September. NASA says it will bring back over 1.5 tons of science and supplies to Earth. <\/p>\n
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