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The Flight Experiment Design Competition
NOTE: This is a sub-page of the Teacher Resources main page which you should read first. A Competition Reflecting Real Science The Flight Experiment Design Competition is designed to reflect how real science is done. Organizations like NASA and NSF routinely send out national Announcements of Opportunity (or AOs) to the professional science and […]
More on SSEP – A Deeper Dive
Before reading this page, make sure to read the SSEP Home page for an Executive Summary of the program. 1. Introduction The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) was launched in June 2010 by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in strategic partnership with Nanoracks, LLC. It is a remarkable U.S. national […]
STS-135 Mini-Laboratory Operation
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED APRIL 15, 2011, TO REFLECT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STS-135 MINI-LABORATORY OPERATION. THIS PAGE NOW FULLY DESCRIBES MINI-LAB OPERATION FOR SSEP ON STS-135. ALL STUDENT TEAMS AND TEACHER FACILITATORS ARE URGED TO READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY AND ADJUST THEIR EXPERIMENT DESIGN THINKING IF NEEDED. GROUND TRUTH EXPERIMENTS NOW TAKE ON AN EVEN […]
STS-135 Critical Timeline – OLD
THIS IS NO LONGER THE STS-135 CRITICAL TIMELINE AND IS PROVIDED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY. Jump to Current Critical Timeline Below is a timeline of milestones for SSEP for the proposed STS-135 mission, the final flight of Shuttle Atlantis, and the final flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program. We are moving forward with SSEP […]
SSEP on STS-135: Final Flight of Shuttle Atlantis
STS-135 Flight Data Mission Number: STS-135 Orbiter: Atlantis Launch Date: 11:29 am EDT, July 8, 2011 Landing Date: 5:57 am EDT, July 21, 2011 Launch Pad: 39A Mission Duration: 13 days Primary Payload: Raffaello multipurpose logistics module Notable: final flight of U.S. Space Shuttle Program; 37th flight to International Space Station; crew of only 4; last flight […]
SSEP Flight Opportunities to Date
Information to be determined is in RED TEXT below. Information that is subject to change is in GREEN TEXT below. Last update of this page: February 20, 2024, 1:38 pm EST To date, the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, have announced 20 flight opportunities for […]
New Pages at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite
We have just added two new pages at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite. There is now a page titled “Selected Experiments on STS-134”, and a page “In Our Own Words” which captures thoughts from students, teachers, administrators, and funders on what the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program means to their community. If what you read on […]
SSEP Step 2 National Review Board Comments Being Sent to Communities 1 Week Early, Allowing Student Teams to De-Brief Before Holidays
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE; http://ncesse.org) is today sending the formal Step 2 Review Board comments back to the student teams for the 43 finalist proposals reviewed. NCESSE has worked to get the comments back a week in advance of the scheduled December 15 deadline so that proposing teams, lead […]
URGENT Update on Formal Announcement of SSEP Proposals Selected for Flight
The SSEP Step 2 Review Panel completed its work late afternoon, Tuesday November 23, 2010. We are extremely excited to say that sixteen proposals were tentatively selected for flight on STS-134, one for each of the communities participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP). Experiments selected for flight now move to the next phase, […]