Space Station Commander Scott Kelly posted this photo on Twitter at 3:37 pm ET today. Hurricane Patricia has become one of the strongest storms ever measured on Earth, comparable to Super Typhoon Haiyan, also photographed from ISS on November 9, 2013. With maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (down from 200 mph earlier in the day), […]
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WATCH LIVE: Wed October 28 and Fri November 6 – SpaceWalks by U.S. Astronauts on ISS
The NASA press release below provides the details of two upcoming spacewalks by U.S. astronauts – Station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren – on October 28 and November 6, which will be carried live on NASA TV. A NASA briefing also carried live will air on October 22 to discuss the […]
VIDEO: Time Lapse Earth, A Gift to the Students Engaged in Mission 9 to ISS, and to the Mission 7 and 8 Student Flight Teams Awaiting Launch
As was the case with prior SSEP missions, given we are in the midst of Mission 9 to ISS, we thought it would be a good time to share this video by Bruce Berry. It is a gift from past astronauts aboard the International Space Station who captured our world from orbit in stunning […]
New NASA Johnson Video on Plant Growth on ISS
On August 10, 2015, history was made on the International Space Station when astronauts sampled fresh red romaine lettuce, the first food to be grown, harvested and eaten in space. On August 12, 2015, we reported the news here as a blog post titled Astronauts Eat Space-Grown Food for the First Time. Mission 9 student […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 10 to the International Space Station, Starting February 2016
Download a PDF of this Press Release Watch Video: A Program Overview After reading this Press Release, carefully read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive Summary for the program To receive email notification of breaking program news, subscribe to the SSEP National Blog using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. Student […]
Take Pride – From the Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on the Importance of SSEP for the Future of America’s Space Program
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education just updated the National Partners page on the SSEP website, and added a photograph of General John R. “Jack” Dailey, the Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, addressing SSEP student researcher delegates at the 2014 SSEP National Conference. The photograph (above) reminded […]
International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly’s Photo of Italy in Moonlight, Taken at the Halfway Point in his Year in Space
Commander Kelly took this photo on September 23, 2015, on his 180th day in orbit – the halfway mark in his stay on Station as part of NASA’s A Year in Space program. Read about what it’s like for him at Air&Space Smithsonian. In the photograph below, north is to the right. To help you orient yourself, […]
Space Station Commander Scott Kelly Photographs the Nile River and Middle East from Space
Space Station Commander Scott Kelly on the International Space Station posted the following photo on his Twitter feed (@StationCDRKelly) just about an hour ago, at 7:24 pm ET September 22, 2015. To zoom in, first click on the photo to take you to Twitter, and then click on the photo again. At night the Nile […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 9 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 9 to ISS, this challenge was posted a week ago on Monday, September 14, 2015. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 9 microgravity experiment design by first exploring the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weightlessness’). As promised, here is the solution to […]
For SSEP Mission 9 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
This post is for teachers in the 22 communities across the U.S. and Canada that just started SSEP Mission 9 to ISS. You are invited to use this Challenge with your students to get them thinking about the concept of microgravity (the technical name for the phenomenon of ‘weightlessness’). In the Challenge below, students are […]