| 1155 GMT (7:55 a.m. EDT) |
Unberthing |
| The robotic arm removes the Dragon spacecraft from a berthing port on the space station's Harmony module. |
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| 1326 GMT (9:26 a.m. EDT) |
Release |
| After maneuvering the Dragon to a point between 30 feet and and 40 feet beneath the space station, the robot arm releases the spacecraft. |
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| 1329 GMT (9:27 a.m. EDT) |
Departure Burn 1 |
| Dragon's thrusters fire for the first of three burns to depart the vicinity of the space station. |
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| 1329 GMT (9:29 a.m. EDT) |
Departure Burn 2 |
| Dragon's thrusters fire for the second of three burns to depart the vicinity of the space station. |
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| 1336 GMT (9:36 a.m. EDT) |
Departure Burn 3 |
| Dragon's thrusters fire for the third of three burns to depart the vicinity of the space station. |
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| 1422 GMT (10:22 a.m. EDT) |
Apogee Reduction Burn |
| Dragon's thrusters fire to reduce the altitude of the high point of the spacecraft's orbit to prepare for re-entry. |
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| 1423 GMT (10:23 a.m. EDT) |
Close GNC bay door |
| The door to Dragon's navigation bay will be closed and latched for re-entry. |
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| 1828 GMT (2:28 p.m. EDT) |
Begin Deorbit Burn |
| Dragon's Draco thrusters ignite for a nearly 10-minute deorbit burn to begin the journey back to Earth. |
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| 1841 GMT (2:41 p.m. EDT) |
Trunk Jettison |
| The unpressurized trunk section of the Dragon spacecraft separates. The trunk is designed to burn up on re-entry, while the pressurized capsule returns to Earth intact. |
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| 1911 GMT (3:11 p.m. EDT) |
Deploy Drogue Parachutes |
| Dual drogue parachutes deploy to stabilize the spacecraft at an altitude of 45,000 feet. |
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| 1912 GMT (3:12 p.m. EDT) |
Deploy Main Parachutes |
| Three 116-foot-diameter main parachutes deploy at an altitude of 10,000 feet to slow Dragon's descent to about 11 mph. |
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| 1920 GMT (3:20 p.m. EDT) |
Splashdown |
| Dragon splashes down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California. |
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