Hello everyone- As you likely heard, the launch yesterday was scrubbed due to a boat in the restricted zone (yes, really). Below is the NASA Press Release detailing the next attempt TODAY at 6:22 pm ET. We are assessing if all 8 SSEP delegations that were in attendance yesterday were able to stay for the […]
Archive | October, 2014
Live Coverage of the Flight of Yankee Clipper – the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Payload of 18 Experiments Launching on Orb-3, 6:45 pm ET, October 27, 2014
After launch had been rescheduled a number of times, and then last week’s hurricane Gonzalo threatening a key NASA ground station in Bermuda, NASA announced on October 22 that the Orbital Sciences 3 (Orb-3) mission was a ‘go’ for launch on Monday, October 27, 2014. Liftoff of Orb-3, carrying the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Yankee […]
Live Coverage: Return-to-Earth of Charlie Brown – the Payload of 15 SSEP Mission 5 to ISS Experiments
The Charlie Brown payload of 15 Mission 5 to ISS experiments launched on July 13, 2014, aboard the Orb-2 vehicle, with liftoff at 12:52 pm ET, from pad 0-A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, VA. Berthing at ISS took place at 6:39 am ET, July 16, 2014. The 15 flight experiments represent the 15 […]
In Honor of the October 25, 2014, Return of SpaceX-4 and the SSEP Charlie Brown Payload of Mission 5 Experiments, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a little help from David Bowie)
We started a tradition. At the beginning of each new SSEP flight opportunity, we now post on this blog the NASA Johnson Style video. It’s a way to get thousands of new student microgravity researchers and their communities into the spirit of this program. (Sound familiar Mission 7?) But why not post a powerful video […]
Major SSEP Spaceflight Operations Update – SpaceX-4 Return-to-Earth of M5 Charlie Brown 10/25/14, and Orb-3 Launch of M6 Yankee Clipper 10/27/14
In the world of SSEP spaceflight operations, this is a very BIG week. In fact, we don’t think anything like this has happened before in the history of the program. At 9:56 am ET, Saturday, October 25, 2014, NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman will release the SpaceX-4 Dragon vehicle from the ISS Harmony […]
NCESSE Official Response to Sen. Tom Coburn: “billions of dollars being borrowed to support [SSEP] space station science fair experiments”
Today, Sen. Tom Coburn (OK) pointed to the Student Spaceflight Expeirments Program (SSEP) as an example of wasteful government spending. The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education finds his comments to be categorically inaccurate, and a great disservice to all the communities and partners that have worked hard to make SSEP a reality. […]
Images This Week from ISS – Courtesy of @ISS_CASIS
Check out these spectacular images captured by the #ISS #Exp41 crew this week! pic.twitter.com/l3z7F3v4Rf — ISS National Lab (@ISS_CASIS) October 10, 2014 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 […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 8 to the International Space Station, Starting February 2015
Download a PDF of this Press Release Watch Video: A Program Overview After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive Summary for the program Subscribe to receive email notification of breaking news on SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. Student Spaceflight Experiments […]