The unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX undocked from the International Space Station today, on it’s way back to Earth.
The fully loaded vessel carrying more than 1,580 kilograms of science samples disengaged from the space station’s robotic arms as planned at 1326 GMT above the ocean near southern Australia, according to video streamed live on NASA television.
The cargo ship had spent 28 days at the orbiting outpost, after arriving on April 20.
It is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean six hours after undocking, at 1902 GMT, some 480 kilometres from the Mexican coast.
