FAQ – Old STS-135 Version

We have set up separate FAQs for SSEP which are updated as questions are received by the SSEP Team—

1. SSEP Program FAQ
This FAQ relates to the overall Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, e.g., questions on program pedagogy, the Flight Experiment Design Competition, the Community Program, program customization to community need, program implementation, program cost, and how to participate, which are addressed in general terms on the About SSEP page and the How to Participate page.

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2. STS-134 Flight Experiment FAQ

This FAQ relates to all aspects of flight experiment design for STS-134, e.g., questions on how to think about the experiment opportunity, the science that can be done in microgravity, the operation of the mini-laboratory to be used, constraints on experiment design such as the allowed fluids and solids that can be used in an experiment, and the milestones and due dates associated with the flight experiments. These are generally addressed on the Designing the Flight Experiment page, the Mini-Laboratory Operation page, and the Critical Timeline page.

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3. STS-135 Flight Experiment FAQ
This FAQ relates to all aspects of flight experiment design for STS-135.

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To submit a question to the SSEP Team, we prefer submission by email via the Contact Us page.

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.