SpaceX CRS-13 "What's on Board?" Mission Science Briefing

Yasaman Shirazi, mission scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, speaks on an investigation testing drug delivery systems for combatting muscle breakdown in microgravity with members of social media in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium. 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 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 at 11:46 a.m. EST, on Dec. 12, 2017. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company's 13th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.