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31st robotic cargo mission

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SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule departs ISS to head home to Earth

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SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule undocked from the International Space Station on schedule today ( Dec. 16 ) at 11:05 a.m. EST ( 1605 GMT ) The spacecraft will begin a series of deorbit burns to complete the company's 31st commercial resupply services mission (CRS-31) for NASA .

The spacecraft is returning to Earth with thousands of pounds of equipment and experiments from ongoing microgravity research aboard the space station.

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