We have now put up a new STS-134 National Conference in Washington, DC page at this website. It can always be accessed through the Current Flight Opportunities button in the navigation banner at the top of any page on this site. Please review the page, which includes an overview of the conference, conference opportunities and […]
Author Archive | Jeff Goldstein
10:30 am EDT May 5, 2011: Important STS-134 Launch Update
NCESSE was informed by NanoRacks and ITA this morning that NASA has scheduled a meeting at 12:00 pm EDT today to assess launch status for STS-134. We expect to hear an update today. If new information indicates a launch no earlier than May 13, then this will greatly impact the current shipping timeline for the […]
Important Guidance for New Sample Submissions in Support of a No-Earlier-Than May 10 Launch
To all student experiment teams, here is the revised plan for re-loading the mini-lab, and its turnover to NASA, based on a No-Earlier-Than (NET) May 10 launch: New samples must arrive no later than Saturday morning, May 7 (FedEx arrival by 10:30 am is fine) Note: you might consider arrival of your samples by Friday […]
Impact on SSEP Experiments and Submission of New Samples, Due to NASA Announcement of New No-Earlier-Than May 10 Launch
We provided a schedule for 9 student teams to re-submit fresh experiment samples based on a no-earlier-than May 8 launch date in a SSEP National Blog Post dated May 1, 2011. It required arrival of samples at the payload processing lab no later than Thursday morning, May 5. In light of NASA’s announcement yesterday (May […]
All 16 SSEP Experiments to be Reloaded in Mini-Lab in Prep for May 8 Endeavour Launch: Up to 9 Student Teams Re-submitting Experiment Samples
NCESSE received a de-brief this evening from NanoRacks and ITA regarding the plan for moving forward with payload flight readiness. We are now proceeding under the assumption of a May 8 launch. The MDA mini-laboratory will be flushed of all existing experiment samples and sterilized on Monday May 2. The reload of experiment samples will […]
Endeavour Not Launching on Monday, May 2, Astronauts Heading Back to Houston
SSEP Experiment Status: We have reposted NASA’s Sunday, May 1, 10:01 am EDT, update below, as it appeared at NASA.gov. We will provide status reports on NanoRacks and ITA payload processing of the SSEP experiments on this SSEP National Blog. Teacher facilitators for all student experiment teams need to be reachable as we proceed through […]
MAJOR MILESTONE: MDA Payload in the Shuttle
NanoRacks has just informed us that the MDA payload for STS-134 is now aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, and we are all ready for launch tomorrow afternoon. Congratulations to all student teams for their hard work preparing the experiments for flight!
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Now Featured at www.nasa.gov
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and NanoRacks, LLC, are proud to pass on word from NASA that the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is now featured at the NASA.gov website. Besides the main article, there is a separate feature article—written by the communities themselves—for 13 of the 16 SSEP communities […]
LIVE COVERAGE OF SSEP ON STS-134 Page Now Fully Operational
We have just completed the Live Coverage of SSEP on STS-134 page. Please visit the page to see all the (way cool) available resources. We now have Student Voices of Mission Control operational for 8 communities: Shelton, Lincolnwood, El Paso, Chicago (WELCOME ABOARD SSEP, CHICAGO!), Broward County, and Crown Point (WELCOME ABOARD SSEP, CROWN POINT!), […]
SSEP Experiment Loading in MDA starting 3:15 pm EDT – Watch Live
Watch LIVE! You might see Nick Fingland, Ron Jones, and John Cassanto. The lower MDA block is loaded first. Then the MDA upper block is loaded. There are 3 Type 1 Experiment Slots, which are all loaded in the upper block. Loading sequence for MDA lower block, starting about 3:!5 pm EDT (13 Type 2-Prime lower wells): Orange County, […]