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ISS astronauts prepare SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for return to Earth

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working Wednesday to return a SpaceX cargo spacecraft to Earth.

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A SpaceX Dragon capsule is scheduled to depart from the ISS at 9:05 p.m.

The Dragon spacecraft is filled with research, experiments and other items.

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It launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last month.

Crews were planning to return the Dragon earlier, but bad weather off Florida’s coast delayed its departure last week.

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Channel 9 will monitor the planning undocking and provide updates on Eyewitness News.

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