Tomorrow’s launch of SpaceX-5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, has been scrubbed, and reset for NET (No Earlier Than) January 6, 2015. SpaceX-5 is to carry Yankee Clipper II to the International Space Station, the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS payload of experiments that were originally lost with the Orb-3 failure on October […]
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VIDEO: Celebrating Re-Launch of the Mission 6 Yankee Clipper, A Gift – Your Planet from the International Space Station, Time Lapse-EARTH
In celebration of the re-launch of the Yankee Clipper II payload of Mission 6 to ISS experiments on SpaceX-5, and the nearly complete selection of the Mission 7 flight experiments launching in the Spring, the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education wanted to share what […]
The Mission 6 Student Flight Team, Madison Heights, MI – A Highlight
Below is an article featuring the selected student flight team from the SSEP Mission 6 community in Madison Heights, Michigan. SSEP in Madison Heights is lead by two dynamic educators, Randy Speck, Superintendent of the Madison District Public Schools, and Angel Abdulahad, Lead Enrichment Teacher at Wilkinson Middle School. Over the course of Mission 6, […]
The Loss of Orb-3 and SSEP Yankee Clipper: Failure Happens. What we do in the face of failure is what defines us.
I thought it would be important to put up a blog post on the October 28, 2014, loss of Orb-3 and the SSEP Mission 6 Yankee Clipper payload of experiments, something that could capture the experience in that moment. I think it is an important story to share with the thousands of SSEP students across the […]
Flight of Yankee Clipper – SSEP M6 Update: Launch Rescheduled for 6:22 pm ET Today
Hello everyone- As you likely heard, the launch yesterday was scrubbed due to a boat in the restricted zone (yes, really). Below is the NASA Press Release detailing the next attempt TODAY at 6:22 pm ET. We are assessing if all 8 SSEP delegations that were in attendance yesterday were able to stay for the […]
Live Coverage of the Flight of Yankee Clipper – the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Payload of 18 Experiments Launching on Orb-3, 6:45 pm ET, October 27, 2014
After launch had been rescheduled a number of times, and then last week’s hurricane Gonzalo threatening a key NASA ground station in Bermuda, NASA announced on October 22 that the Orbital Sciences 3 (Orb-3) mission was a ‘go’ for launch on Monday, October 27, 2014. Liftoff of Orb-3, carrying the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Yankee […]
Live Coverage: Return-to-Earth of Charlie Brown – the Payload of 15 SSEP Mission 5 to ISS Experiments
The Charlie Brown payload of 15 Mission 5 to ISS experiments launched on July 13, 2014, aboard the Orb-2 vehicle, with liftoff at 12:52 pm ET, from pad 0-A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, VA. Berthing at ISS took place at 6:39 am ET, July 16, 2014. The 15 flight experiments represent the 15 […]
In Honor of the October 25, 2014, Return of SpaceX-4 and the SSEP Charlie Brown Payload of Mission 5 Experiments, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a little help from David Bowie)
We started a tradition. At the beginning of each new SSEP flight opportunity, we now post on this blog the NASA Johnson Style video. It’s a way to get thousands of new student microgravity researchers and their communities into the spirit of this program. (Sound familiar Mission 7?) But why not post a powerful video […]
Major SSEP Spaceflight Operations Update – SpaceX-4 Return-to-Earth of M5 Charlie Brown 10/25/14, and Orb-3 Launch of M6 Yankee Clipper 10/27/14
In the world of SSEP spaceflight operations, this is a very BIG week. In fact, we don’t think anything like this has happened before in the history of the program. At 9:56 am ET, Saturday, October 25, 2014, NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman will release the SpaceX-4 Dragon vehicle from the ISS Harmony […]
NCESSE Official Response to Sen. Tom Coburn: “billions of dollars being borrowed to support [SSEP] space station science fair experiments”
Today, Sen. Tom Coburn (OK) pointed to the Student Spaceflight Expeirments Program (SSEP) as an example of wasteful government spending. The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education finds his comments to be categorically inaccurate, and a great disservice to all the communities and partners that have worked hard to make SSEP a reality. […]