Falcon 9 / Dragon CRS-6 ISS resupply


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Dragon CRS-6 will unberth and leave ISS on Thursday May 21. NASA TV will stream live coverage of the departure starting at 0645 EDT.

Events,

0704: SSRMS (robotic arm) releases Dragon

1149: deorbit burn begins

1242: Pacific spashdown off Baja

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Cargo is offloaded and spacecraft is powered down. #Dragon back in its nest after about 5 weeks at the @Space_Station

May 21, 2015

RELEASE 15-103

Critical NASA Research Returns to Earth Aboard U.S. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 7:04 a.m. EDT

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:42 p.m. EDT Thursday with almost 3,100 pounds of NASA cargo from the International Space Station, including research on how spaceflight and microgravity affect the aging process and bone health.

Dragon is the only space station resupply spacecraft able to return a significant amount of cargo to Earth. It is the U.S. company

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