To SSEP Student Flight Experiment Teams from Latest Shuttle News at nasa.gov — Flight Planning Returns to a 14-Day Mission Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:42:29 PM EST Space shuttle managers have decided to keep shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission as a 14-day flight and possibly extend the mission as many as two days while Endeavour is […]
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TIME CRITICAL UPDATE FOR SSEP ON STS-134: New Harvesting of Experiment Samples Page
NCESSE, in concert with ITA and NanoRacks, has very carefully defined the milestones and specifications for the harvesting of experiment samples and their return to your SSEP Student Team. The detailed Critical Timeline for Harvesting flows directly from the detailed Critical Timeline for Sample Submission on the STS-134 Submission of Experiment Samples for Flight page. […]
Additional Day Added to STS-134 Mission
To SSEP Student Flight Experiment Teams from Latest Shuttle News at nasa.gov — Additional Day Added to STS-134 Mission Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:50:49 AM EDT Shuttle managers have officially added an additional day to space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission making it a 15-day flight. With launch targeted on April 29, landing at Kennedy’s Space Shuttle […]
STS-134 Harvesting of Experiment Samples
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED: MAY 26, 2011, TO REFLECT THE DELAY IN THE LAUNCH DATE FROM APRIL 29 TO MAY 16, THE CHANGE IN THE DURATION OF THE MISSION FROM 14 DAYS TO 16 DAYS, AND THE RESULTING CHANGE IN THE LANDING DATE TO JUNE 1. Note that the current landing date is the first […]
Updates to STS-134 Launch Critical Timeline for SSEP
Based on the STS-134 launch slip to April 29, 2011, NCESSE has formally revised the milestone dates for student team submission of flight samples (fluids and solids) for their SSEP experiments. All SSEP Community Program Directors, Teacher Facilitators, and Student Team members are urged to review changes on the following two SSEP pages: STS-134 Submission […]
Official NASA Notification of STS-134 Launch Slip to April 29
Here are the links to the official NASA notifications: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/ http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html Note that the new launch time is 3:47 pm EDT on April 29.
STS-134 Launch Slip to April 29 Confirmed
I am sorry to have to report that we have just received word from NanoRacks that the STS-134 launch has officially slipped to April 29. We will need to revise the Critical Timeline on the Submission of Experiment Samples page, and we will need to revise the Launch Plans page. We will not do this […]
Talk Today of Possible STS-134 Launch Delay
As of 8:30 am today, NCESSE had not received any word as to whether the launch of STS-134 will be postponed. However, the Daily Beast is reporting that the launch of STS-134 may be put off until April 29. Until there is official word from NASA, we have no choice but to assume the launch […]
URGENT LATE BREAKING CHANGE OF PLANS FOR STS-134 LAUNCHING VIEWING
3/25/11, 4:00 PM ET: WE WERE JUST ALERTED BY NASA AT KSC THAT THEY NOW STRONGLY ADVISE US TO GET TO KARS PARK NO LATER THAN 3:00 PM ON APRIL 19 FOR THE LAUNCH. NASA IS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT BE STUCK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC EVEN 3 HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH. WE ARE THEREFORE CHANGING KARS […]
SSEP for STS-134 Important Update: March 25, 2011
NEW INFORMATION: STS-134 Launch Plans at Kennedy Space Center Time sensitive information on public tours at KSC on April 21, and the location of the SSEP Community Network Meeting on April 20, are now available at the Launch Plans for STS-134 page at the main SSEP website. The meeting will be web-streamed live for classes back […]