In The News – SSEP Mission 10 to ISS


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SSEP Mission 10 to ISS

Experiment Design Competition and Selection of Flight Experiments: Spring 2016
Flight to ISS: projected launch Spring 2017, on Space-X-11 (Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft); return to Earth at launch+1 month, on SpaceX-11 (see Flight Profile page)

 

Last revised: March 6, 2018
Mission 10 Media Articles: 32

 

National and International Coverage

University System of Maryland, Maryland

Maryland’s Space Bound Bacteria May Actually Keep Astronauts Safe
Big Ten Network, November 2016
http://btn.com/2016/11/15/marylands-space-bound-bacteria-may-actually-keep-astronauts-safe-btn-livebig/

 

Clark County, Nevada

Astronauts to Test Soybeans in Space for Kid Scientists
AG WEB, July 5, 2016
http://www.agweb.com/article/astronauts-to-test-soybeans-in-space-for-kid-scientists-naa-associated-press/

 

Local and Regional Coverage

Camden, Arkansas

High School Students Visit Dr. Kyle Quinn’s Lab to Test Student Spaceflight Experiment
University of Arkansas Biomedical Engineering, Arkansas, November 9, 2017
https://bmeblog.uark.edu/high-school-students-visit-dr-kyle-quinns-lab-to-test-student-spaceflight-experiment/

Camden Fairview Students’ Science Experiment Going to International Space Station
KATV, Arkansas, June 2, 2017
http://katv.com/news/local/camden-fairview-students-science-experiment-going-to-international-space-station

VIDEO: Arkansas Student-Experiment Headed to the International Space Station
KATV, Arkansas, June 23, 2016
http://katv.com/news/education/arkansas-student-experiment-headed-to-the-international-space-station

 

Elk Grove, California

From Wilton To Outer Space
Elk Grove Citizen, California, June 9, 2017
http://www.egcitizen.com/news/from-wilton-to-outer-space/article_9359c062-4d37-11e7-9e75-bf444a8e5673.html

 

iLEAD Consortium, California

SCVi Students’ Space Experiment will Launch to International Space Station
KHTS AM 1220, California, July 19, 2016
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-latest-news/scvi-students-space-experiment-will-launch-to-international-space-station-174026

3 Student Experiments Duke it out to be Performed on the International Space Station
KPCC 89.3, California, May 27, 2016
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/05/27/61077/3-student-experiments-duke-it-out-to-be-performed/

SCVi Students Look Forward to Class Project Being Launched into Space
KHTS AM 1220, California, May 19, 2017
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/community-news/scvi-students-look-forward-to-class-project-be-launched-into-space-193950

VIDEO: SoCal Students to Compete to Send Their Science Experiments to Space
KPCC 89.3, California, February 19, 2016
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/19/57759/socal-students-compete-to-send-their-science-exper/

NASA Engineer to Visit iLEAD Students
SCVNews.com, California, February 17, 2016
http://scvnews.com/2016/02/17/nasa-engineer-to-visit-ilead-students/

iLEAD, SCVi Students to Submit Experiments for Space Flight
KHTS AM 1220, California, February 17, 2016
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-latest-news/ilead-scvi-students-to-submit-experiments-for-space-flight-167143

 

Lennox, California

Meet the Mice Who Soared Through Space and Back Again
Pasadena Star-News, California, July 8, 2017
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/science/20170708/meet-the-mice-who-soared-through-space-and-back-again

SpaceX Taking Recycling All the Way to Orbit with Dragon Cargo Ship
Los Angeles Daily News, May 31, 2017
http://www.dailynews.com/business/20170531/spacex-taking-recycling-all-the-way-to-orbit-with-dragon-cargo-ship

Students Get Once-in-a-Lifetime Space Research Opportunity with SpaceX
Daily Breeze, California, May 13, 2017
http://www.dailybreeze.com/social-affairs/20170513/students-get-once-in-a-lifetime-space-research-opportunity-with-spacex

 

Middletown, Delaware

AUDIO: Enlighten Me: Middletown Students Sending Minnows into Space
Delaware Public Media, Delaware, May 26, 2017
http://delawarepublic.org/post/enlighten-me-middletown-students-sending-minnows-space

VIDEO: Middletown School’s Project Getting Headed for Space
DelawareOnline, Delaware, February 22, 2017
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2017/02/22/everett-meredith-ms-project-getting-shot-into-space/98043486/

 

Lansing, Kansas

Middle School Science Project Headed for Space
Leavenworth Times, Kansas, September 21, 2016
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20160921/middle-school-science-project-headed-for-space

Students Prepare Experiment for Space Station
Leavenworth Times, Kansas, March 4, 2016
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20160304/students-prepare-experiment-for-space-station

 

University System of Maryland, Maryland

Can Germs Go the Distance?
Terp Magazine, Maryland, February 24, 2017
http://terp.umd.edu/can-germs-go-the-distance/#.WL8Sh4WAD6h

VIDEO: University of Maryland Students Send Bacteria to Space
WJLA ABC 7, Maryland, January 31, 2017
http://wjla.com/news/local/university-of-maryland-students-send-bacteria-to-space

Three University of Maryland Students are Sending Bacteria Samples into Space
The Diamondback, Maryland, November 10, 2016
http://www.dbknews.com/2016/11/11/umd-space-bacteria/

 

Clark County, Nevada

VIDEO: CCSD Student Projects Traveling to the International Space Station
KTNV Action News, Nevada, February 9, 2017
http://www.ktnv.com/positivelylv/education/ccsd-student-projects-traveling-to-the-international-space-station

Highlighting Achievements
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada, August 18, 2016
http://www.reviewjournal.com/view/highlighting-achievements-aug-18-2016-photos

NASA Sends Henderson 5th Graders’ Soybean Experiment into Space
Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevada, June 24, 2016
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/nasa-sends-henderson-5th-graders-soybean-experiment-space

CCSD Student Experiment will Travel to International Space Station
CCSD.net, Nevada, June 21, 2016
http://newsroom.ccsd.net/ccsd-student-experiment-will-travel-to-international-space-station/

Clark County Students Develop Space Project Proposals as Part of Science Festival Event
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada, May 26, 2016
http://www.reviewjournal.com/view/clark-county-students-develop-space-project-proposals-part-science-festival-event

 

Summit, New Jersey

VIDEO: Up, Up and Away: Kent Place Student Experiment to be Carried out at International Space Station
myCentralJersey.com, New Jersey, July 7, 2016
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/in-our-schools/2016/07/07/kent-place-experiment/85697760/

Out of this World: KPS Student-Designed Experiment to be Carried out on International Space Station; Summit’s Abigail Wall Part of Project Team
TAPintoSummit.com, New Jersey, June 11, 2016
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/categories/news/articles/out-of-this-world-kps-student-designed-experimen

Kent Place Students’ Experiment Heads to Space
Summit Patch, New Jersey, June 10, 2016
http://patch.com/new-jersey/summit/kent-place-students-experiment-heads-space

Student News: New Somerset Vo-Tech Program Means Business
myCentralJersey.com, New Jersey, March 24, 2016
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/in-our-schools/2016/03/24/student-news-new-somerset-vo-tech-program-means-business/81315986/

Blast Off: Kent Place Students to Participate in Space Program
TAPintoSummit, New Jersey, February 26, 2016
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/categories/news/articles/blast-off-kent-place-students-to-participate-in

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.