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We Are ‘Go’ for Launch of the Dragon April 30, 12:22 pm ET

By on April 18, 2012 in Program News

Dragon spacecraft launch atop Falcon 9, December 8, 2010, credit SpaceX/Chris Thompson

The NASA Flight Readiness Review for the Launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft was held on April 16, 2012. NASA reports that we are a ‘go’ for launch on April 30, 12:22 pm ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Please see NASA Media Advisory M12-070 Coverage Set for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Space Station for full details.

ALL SSEP COMMUNITIES SENDING DELEGATIONS TO THE LAUNCH ARE NOW URGED TO LOCK IN THEIR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS BY CONTACTING NCESSE.

For more information please see the Launch Viewing Plans for SpaceX Dragon page.

Are you ready to make some history?

 

SSEP is the first pre-college STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture. SSEP is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is working in partnership with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.

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The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.