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Mighty Mice splash down aboard SpaceX Dragon

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SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo ship backs away from the International Space Station. (NASA via YouTube)

A troop of muscle-enhanced mice was among more than 3,500 pounds of experiments and equipment  that came back to Earth today when a robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of a monthlong resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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By Alan Boyle

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