SpaceX cargo ship departs space station

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule left the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The capsule is carrying 3,000 pounds of cargo after a month at the outpost. CAPE CANAVERAL -- A SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way back to Earth after staying more than a month at the International Space Station. A robotic arm released the unmanned capsule packed with 3,000 pounds of cargo at 6:11 a.m. and fired thrusters several times to move a safe distance away. That began a journey expected to culminate in a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Baja California, before noon ET.