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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Media attending a pre-launch news conference at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. heard from officials who discussed payloads to be launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. From the left are: Josh Byerly of NASA Public Affairs at the Johnson Space Center, Julie Robinson, NASA program scientist for the International Space Station, Simon Gilroy, Ph.D., BRIC-17 Lead Investigator from the University of Wisconsin, Marshall Porterfield, division director of the Life and Physical Sciences at NASA Headquarters, Michael Johnson, chief technical officer for NanoRacks, and Michael Roberts, research scientist with the Center for Advancement of Science in Space. Scheduled for launch March 1 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the SpaceX Dragon capsule will be making its third trip to the space station. The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the orbiting laboratory. For more information, visit http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_station_structure_launch_spacex2-feature.html Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett