
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: Mike Curie of NASA Public Affairs at the Kennedy Space Center, Mike Suffredini, NASA program manager for the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, and Joel Tumbiolo, launch weather officer for the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 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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