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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Simon Gilroy, Ph.D., BRIC-17 Lead Investigator from the University of Wisconsin, describes a Petri dish similar to those that will be used to study plant development in a weightless environment. The briefing was for news media representatives attending a pre-launch news conference at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Looking on from the right is Marshall Porterfield, division director of the Life and Physical Sciences at NASA Headquarters. 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
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February 28, 2013
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