INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and supplies, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth on Friday.The spacecraft
from human and animal research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities, the statement
said.Dragon will also be returning a Latching End Effector that was removed from the station's robotic arm to be refurbished on Earth and
returned to the orbiting complex as a spare.NASA will receive time-sensitive samples and begin working with researchers to process and
distribute them within 48 hours of splashdown.Dragon was launched on June 29 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US and arrived at the station on July 2, for the company's 15th NASA-contracted commercial
re-supply mission to the station.Expedition 54 Flight Engineer Serena Aunon, chancellor of NASA, will monitor its departure as the
spacecraft is released through ground-controlled commands.The ground controllers will use the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to
detach Dragon from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module and manoeuvre the vehicle into its release position
Dragon's thrusters will fire to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne,
