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05/05/2018 15:08 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Dragon capsule will wrap up a month-long mission Saturday with departure from the International Space Station and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with around two tons of experiment specimens and hardware, including a habitat of mice and Robonaut 2, an experimental humanoid robot in need of repairs.

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The unpiloted cargo capsule was detached from its berthing port on the space station's Harmony module Friday, and maneuvered with the station's robotic arm to an "overnight park" position under commands from the ground.

Ground controllers are moving the Dragon capsule to a release position about 30 feet (10 meters) below the station this morning. Release of the Dragon spacecraft is expected around 9:24 a.m. EDT (1324 GMT).

The Dragon arrived at the station April 4, two days after launching from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket with 2.9 tons of cargo on-board.

The automated spacecraft is set to return to Earth with more than 4,000 pounds of cargo and experiment specimens, including frozen biological samples such as plants, insects and human tissue. The SpaceX Dragon cargo carrier will also bring back Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot launched on the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery in February 2011.

A de-orbit burn is expected around 2:06 p.m. EDT (1806 GMT), and the Dragon capsule is scheduled to parachute into the Pacific Ocean around 400 mile southwest of Long Beach, California, around 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT; 12 p.m. PDT).

A recovery team is on standby to retrieve the Dragon spaceship and return to port in Southern California.

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05/05/2018 16:04 Stephen Clark

Grasped by the robotic arm, the Dragon spacecraft is at its planned release point below the space station.

Ground controllers in Houston will command the arm to release the capsule at 9:24 a.m. EDT (1324 GMT).

Astronauts aboard the station will stand by at a communications panel and a robotic arm control console inside the lab's cupola module to issue commands to Dragon or take charge of the arm if necessary.

The crew will monitor the spacecraft until it exits the so-called keep-out sphere 200 meters (660 feet) around the space station.

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05/05/2018 16:13 Stephen Clark

A strobe light on Dragon has been activated in preparation for departure.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад

Final poll for Dragon release underway at Station Flight Control room. #NASA #SpaceX #CRS14 #Dragon

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 43 сек. назад

Dragon release CONFIRMED! The free-flying Dragon will now pulse its thrusters to back away from the ISS to a safe distance. #NASA #SpaceX #CRS14 #Dragon

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СВОБОДЕН!

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 12 мин. назад

Dragon CRS-14 released by Canadarm-2 at 1323 UTC, now orbiting separately from ISS prior to its deorbit burn later today

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1-й импульс увода завершен

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2-й импульс увода завершен

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 11 мин. назад

Third departure burn by Dragon at 1334 UTC , now leaving ISS vicinity