From Realtime Image Gallery Photo taken by Mark Staples on January 10, 2015, at Little Lake Santa Fe Waldo, FL, 150 miles NW of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. […]
NASA Briefing VIdeo: Overview of SSEP, Highlight of Mission 6 Yankee Clipper Experiments
On October 26, 2014, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, NASA conducted a Pre-Flight Science Briefing for the ill-fated Orb-3 launch, which was to carry the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 6 Yankee Clipper payload of experiments to the International Space Station. Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director for the National Center for Earth and […]
LIFTOFF of SpaceX-5 and SSEP Yankee Clipper II
At 4:47 am EST the SpaceX CRS-5 Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 17 student research experiments comprising the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Yankee Clipper II payload were aboard. Also aboard were 28 mission patches to accompany the Mission 6 experiments, which were selected […]
SpaceX-5 Launch Moved to January 10, 4:45 am EST
To all SSEP M6 Flight Teams – Received from NanRacks at 2:38 pm EST: Latest updates are in- primary launch date has officially been moved to 1/10 at 4:45 a.m.- SpaceX needed the extra day for review and testing after the first attempt. Back up launch date is now January 13th.
NASA Press Release on Yankee Clipper Re-flight, w NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden
NASA issued the Press Release below on January 5, 2014. The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education and NanoRacks are honored that NASA felt it appropriate to issue a release dedicated to the student researchers across the U.S. and Canada for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program […]
We have a SCRUB for SpaceX-5 Launch, Recycling to Friday January 9, 5:09 am
At T-minus 1 min 28 sec flight controllers aborted launch of SpaceX CRS-5 due to an anomaly in the second stage. First stage performance was nominal. All indications are that SpaceX and NASA will recycle to the next launch date, which is Friday, January 9. Launch would be at 5:09 am EST, with live coverage […]
Live Coverage: Re-flight of Yankee Clipper II – the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Payload of 17 Experiments Launching on SpaceX-5, 6:20 am ET, January 6, 2015
We are a ‘go’ for liftoff of SpaceX-5 on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. As part of the cargo being transported to the International Space Station will be the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Yankee Clipper II payload of experiments originally lost on Orb-3 on October 28, 2014. Launch of SpaceX-5 is scheduled for 6:20 am EST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
Flight of Yankee Clipper II: SpaceX-5 Launch Scrubbed, Reset for NET January 6, 2015
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 […]
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, […]