We have just learned that 21 hours ago International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly made public via Twitter that a dangerous animal had escaped on Station. Video taken by the astronauts is provided below. We are awaiting word that the animal was captured and crew are now safe. Needed a little humor to lighten up […]
Author Archive | Jeff Goldstein
For SSEP Mission 10 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
Note that this Challenge is covered as part of the program start Skype for your community’s Local Team of Mission 10 educators. These Skypes for the Mission 10 communities are being conducted by SSEP National Program Director Dr. Jeff Goldstein through Friday, February 26, 2016. This blog post is for teachers in the 12 communities […]
The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 10 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s Space Program, NASA Johnson Style (with Some One Direction)
It’s been a space program tradition since Mission 5 to ISS. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style. We can’t imagine a better video to get students (and teachers) in the frame of mind to start Mission 10 to ISS. To all Mission 10 Community Program Directors and […]
SSEP Mission 10 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 4,800 Participating Students Across 12 Communities in the U.S.
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and its international arm, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are honored to announce the start of program operations for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 10 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the twelfth SSEP flight opportunity since program inception in […]
SpaceX Makes History Last Night – See What Elated Engineers Look Like
With SpaceX’s first rocket launch last night since the loss of SpaceX CRS-7 on June 28, 2015, not only did the vehicle successfully deploy 11 satellites in orbit, but it safely returned to Earth and soft landed. This is an entirely new capability. Up until now, rockets in the space age burned up on re-entry. […]
Over the Holidays, You Might Be Able to See ISS Fly Overhead – It’s an Amazing Sight
To teachers, please pass this post on to your students before the holiday break. They might be able to see ISS fly overhead during the holidays with their families. The SSEP national team wanted to extend the very best wishes for a wonderful holiday season to the entire SSEP family across the U.S. and […]
With the Return of Three Astronauts from ISS Today, and as a Shout-out to Our Two Canadian Mission 9 to ISS Communities, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a little help from David Bowie)
8:40 am ET, December 11, 2015 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 9?) But […]
NCESSE and Clarke Institute Honored to also Provide Certificates of Accomplishment to Mission 9 Teachers, Local Partner Orgs, and Individuals
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program would not be possible without the passion and unwavering dedication to our children of all the teachers and administrators in the SSEP communities, the Local Partner Organizations that embrace the spirit of community and the importance of education, and the individuals that step to the plate as quiet heroes serving […]
With SSEP Mission 9 to ISS Flight Experiment Selection Approaching, NCESSE Honored to Provide Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Communities
The goal of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, and engage entire communities in the process. In this vein, we believe that it is vitally important that the thousands of students participating in SSEP Mission 9 to ISS have a lasting recognition of their involvement in […]
Election Day on the International Space Station
If International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren voted from 260 miles above Earth’s surface, well … there’s really no excuse for all the other earthbound Americans not to vote (as of November 3, 2015, 6:34:20 pm ET, that would be 322,089,235 – 2) Click on the image below to go […]