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[b]SpaceX Dragon departure slips a day[/b] Due to a forecast of unacceptable sea states in the Pacific Ocean in the prime opportunity splashdown zone, SpaceX and NASA have elected to delay the return of the CRS-11 Dragon cargo craft one day to Monday, July 3. The splashdown zone has an acceptable weather forecast and is closer to port in Long Beach, California. Flight controllers will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Dragon capsule, which arrived at the station June 5, from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module. After they maneuver Dragon into place, Expedition 52 Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson of NASA will command release of the spacecraft at 2:28 a.m. EDT (0628 GMT). Dragon's thrusters will be fired to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the space station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, command its deorbit burn. Splashdown is expected around 260 miles southwest of the California coast.
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