Firefighters tackle forest fires in the Pantanal wetland near Porto Jofre.

and the second mission for capsule C-211.But the primary goal of the flight is to deliver research gear and equipment to the space station.

roughly the moment Earths rotation carried the seaside firing stand directly into the plane of the space stations orbit.crew supplies and needed equipment.The launching marked SpaceXs 29th Cargo Dragon flight to the space station.

000 infrared images per day to study gravity waves at the boundary between the discernible atmosphere and space waves powered by the up-and-down interplay between gravity and buoyancy.William Harwood/CBS News Liftoff from historic Pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida came at 8:28 p.

The climb to space went smoothly.

kicking off a 32-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver 6.Scientists warn that the hippos feces change the composition of rivers and could impact the habitat of local manatees and capybaras.

Experts say sterilization alone is not enough to control the growth of the invasive species.When the plan was first announced.

which is why the government is arranging for the possibletransfer of hipposto other countries.aggressive three-ton animals is complicated.