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[b]Dragon leaves station, heads for Pacific splashdown[/b] The SpaceX [CRS-17] Dragon cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station at 12:01 p.m. EDT [1601 GMT] after flight controllers in Houston delivered remote commands to the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 59 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency monitored Dragon's systems as it departed the microgravity laboratory. Next up, Dragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station and execute a deorbit burn around 4:56 p.m. EDT [2056 GMT] to leave orbit. Splashdown down is targeted for approximately 5:55 p.m. EDT (2:55 p.m. PDT or 2155 GMT).
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