SpaceX Dragon cargo craft departs International Space Station

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Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The SpaceX dragon cargo craft CRS-9 is all set to release from the International Space Station today and will make it's return tomorrow.

As per NASA, astronauts Takuya Onishi and Kate Rubins will command the release of the Dragon at 6:10 a.m EDT Friday.

It will splashdown off the Pacific coast of Baja California and then will be retrieved and shipped back to Los Angeles by SpaceX personnel.

The space station crew, who are currently aboard ISS are participating in a wide variety of ongoing space research to benefit people living on Earth and in space.