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SpaceX capsule undocks from International Space Station

The Dragon capsule pulled away from the orbiting lab early Friday, a test dummy named Ripley its lone occupant.

SpaceX capsule undocks from International Space Station

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Published : Mar 8, 2019, 7:45 PM IST

California: SpaceX's swanky new crew capsule has undocked from the International Space Station and is headed toward an old-fashioned splashdown.

The Dragon capsule pulled away from the orbiting lab early Friday, a test dummy named Ripley its lone occupant.

It's aiming for a morning splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida's coast, the final hurdle of the six-day test flight.

Saturday's launch and Sunday's docking were spot on.

Canadian station astronaut David Saint-Jacques was the first to enter the Dragon when it arrived and the last to leave.

He found the capsule "very slick" and called it business class.

NASA astronauts have been stuck riding Russian rockets since space shuttles retired eight years ago.

NASA is counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start launching astronauts this year. SpaceX is shooting for summer.

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(With inputs from APTN)

Courtesy: APTN

California: SpaceX's swanky new crew capsule has undocked from the International Space Station and is headed toward an old-fashioned splashdown.

The Dragon capsule pulled away from the orbiting lab early Friday, a test dummy named Ripley its lone occupant.

It's aiming for a morning splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida's coast, the final hurdle of the six-day test flight.

Saturday's launch and Sunday's docking were spot on.

Canadian station astronaut David Saint-Jacques was the first to enter the Dragon when it arrived and the last to leave.

He found the capsule "very slick" and called it business class.

NASA astronauts have been stuck riding Russian rockets since space shuttles retired eight years ago.

NASA is counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start launching astronauts this year. SpaceX is shooting for summer.

Also read- Support for militants complicates Pakistan crackdown

(With inputs from APTN)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Beirut - 8 March 2019
1. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, arriving at Lebanese Foreign Ministry
2. Wide of Grandi meeting Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
3. Various of Grandi and Bassil meeting
4. Wide of Grandi before news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
"I fully appreciate that after eight years of conflict in Syria the burden on Lebanon is very heavy and that solutions must be found. I was in Syria and I came back last night, I was there for three days, I could see myself that some people are returning, many people that are displaced inside Syria are going back to their homes, and now increasingly we see people from Lebanon, from neighbouring countries also going back. The estimate here by the government is 165,000 that have gone back. But many are still waiting to make that decision. We know that most people would like to go back but many have some fears and some concerns, and we're working, I saw it myself in Syria, we're working with the government of Syria, with the support of Russia, and other nations, to address some of the obstacles that prevent people from going back."
6. Photographers
LEBANESE PRESIDENCY HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Beirut - 8 March 2019
7. Various of Grandi meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, met with senior Lebanonese government officials in Beirut on Friday.
Grandi held separate talks with President Michel Aoun and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.
Grandi said they discussed the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon and the conditions for the safe return of the Syrian refugees after eight years of conflict.
Over 900,000 Syrian refugees are registered in Lebanon, according to UNHCR, some one-quarter of the small country's population, and nearly 5.7 million have fled Syria altogether since the eruption of the civil war eight years ago.
Grandi said he appreciated the "burden" that this had placed on Lebanon and the UNHCR would continue to work to "address the obstacles" that currently prevented Syrians from returning home.
Later today he is expected to visit a Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
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