Jacob Smith of the University of Maryland speaks to members of social media in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium. He is operations lead for the International Space Station Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass, or ISS-CREAM, investigation. The briefing focused on research planned for launch to the International Space Station. The scientific materials and supplies will be aboard a Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A on Aug. 14 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the company's 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.