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[b]SpaceX CRS-10 Dragon departs space station[/b] Expedition 50 crewmembers Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough released SpaceX's CRS-10 Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 4:11 a.m. CDT (0911 GMT) on Sunday (March 19). SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, will command the Dragon's deorbit burn around 9 a.m. EDT. The capsule will splash down at about 9:54 a.m. CDT (1454 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, where recovery forces will retrieve the capsule and its more than 5,400 pounds (2,450 kg) of cargo, including science samples from human and animal research, external payloads, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science research and education activities. NASA and CASIS (the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space), the non-profit organization that manages research aboard the U.S. national lab portion of the station, will receive time-sensitive samples and begin working with researchers to process and distribute them within 48 hours of splashdown.
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