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[b]Station, SpaceX managers set Dragon release[/b] To take advantage of calmer sea states in a different location in the Pacific Ocean, SpaceX and the International Space Station Program agreed to move the departure of the CRS-16 Dragon cargo craft from the station from early Sunday morning to late Sunday afternoon (Jan. 13), setting up the first night splashdown and recovery of a Dragon vehicle. Dragon's hatch will be closed Sunday morning, and the spacecraft will be detached from the Harmony module around 3 p.m. EST Sunday. Ground controllers will now release Dragon from the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. NASA Flight Engineer Anne McClain will monitor the release from the station's cupola. Dragon's deorbit burn to begin its descent back to Earth is now scheduled at approximately 11:19 p.m. with splashdown scheduled at around 12:10 a.m. Monday (9:10 p.m. Pacific time) just west of Baja California.
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