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This photo provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft heads for splash down after it successfully completed the CRS 3 mission for NASA, landing safely, Sunday, May 18, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean with 3,500 pounds of ISS cargo. (AP Photo/SpaceX)
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This photo provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashing down after it successfully completed the CRS 3 mission for NASA, landing safely, Sunday, May 18, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean with 3,500 pounds of ISS cargo. (AP Photo/SpaceX)
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In an image from video provided by NASA, the SpaceX commercial cargo ship Dragon prepares to leave the International Space Station on Sunday, May 18, 2014. The Dragon capsule was bringing back 3,500 pounds of gear, with splashdown planned in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles offshore from Mexico's Baja California peninsula. It's the only supply ship capable of safely returning items. The astronauts released it using the International Space Station's big robot arm. (AP Photo/NASA)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 21, 2014 photo, Freeport, Ill., native Alec Mangan,17, displays designs he helped produce for the Orion spacecraft as part of an engineering competition sponsored by NASA. His team was one of five finalist teams in a NASA Exploration Design Challenge earlier this year. (AP Photo/The Journal-Standard, Bill Rosemeier)
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FILE - This April 22, 2014 file photo provided by NASA shows a photo of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and was photographed by one of two spacewalking astronauts. On Sunday, May 18, 2014, after a one-month visit, the SpaceX cargo ship was for return to Earth. The astronauts released it using the International Space Station’s big robot arm. (AP Photo/NASA, File)
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This image provided by NASA shows research pilot and aeronautical engineer, William Harvey Dana. Dana, the famed research test pilot who flew the X-15 rocket plane and other pioneering aircraft, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was 83. (AP photo/NASA)
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FILE - This 1967 file image provided by NASA shows research pilot Bill Dana in front of the X-15 on the dry lake bed at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Dana, the famed research test pilot who flew the X-15 rocket plane and other pioneering aircraft, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/NASA, File)
