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>The seventh cargo resupply mission of Dragon to the ISS, also carrying the first International Docking Adapter in the trunk of Dragon, for use in Commercial Crew missions.

Are they looking to relight and land today? They usually do for geo or ISS missions.

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Yep, and Of Course I Still Love You is in position.

https://igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.28...

What's usually the timeline and when could we expect the docking?

Edit: Go it...

  Post-Launch Booster Recovery

  Okay, that's the routine stuff dealt with. I know we're all here 
  to see what happens to the first stage! Following stage separation 
  approximately 3 minutes into the launch, the first stage 
  will manoeuvre and orient itself to conduct a post-mission 
  landing test attempt on an autonomous drone ship named 
  "Of Course I Still Love You".

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3b27hk/rspacex_crs7...

Since you edited with the first stage landing info, the expected landing is roughly T+9 min.

That name... it has Very Little Gravitas Indeed.

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