Interlake School Division in Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada, is the first International SSEP community, and is one of 17 communities participating in Mission 3 to ISS. For International Communities, SSEP is sponsored by th Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education. Maria Nickel, the SSEP Community Program Director for Interlake, recently sent the email below to […]
SSEP Making a Difference? This Holiday Season, How You Can Truly Help At No Cost by Shopping at Amazon.com
We created the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) to help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, and in terms of science literacy, to provide students an authentic view of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We believe SSEP is making a difference, with now nearly 6,000 grade 5-14 students fully immersed in science […]
TODAY’S NASA LIVE COVERAGE OF SOYUZ TMA-05M DEPARTURE FROM ISS: SSEP Antares and Aquarius II Experiment Payloads Return to Earth
For those following along with the flight of the Antares and Aquarius II experiments payloads, on Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:15 pm ET, Commander Sunita Williams conducted the final scheduled interactions with the SSEP payloads. Two experiments were activated, one shaken, and three de-activated. A complete catalog of all on-orbit interactions is found in the Experiments Log. […]
Now Available In USTREAM Archive: November 15, 2012 Live Webcast Between Astronauts Aboard ISS and 9,500 Students of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
If you missed the webcast of the November 15, 2012, video-conference between Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Leland Melvin at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and 9,500 students of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, then we have good news! It is now available, in […]
NASA Press Release: [SSEP] Students Conduct Live Conversation with Orbiting NASA Astronauts
November 15, 2012 RELEASE: 12-401 STUDENTS CONDUCT LIVE CONVERSATION WITH ORBITING NASA ASTRONAUTS WASHINGTON – More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) took part in a live video downlink with International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. The long-distance conversation took place Thursday at […]
To School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) Mission 4 to the International Space Station for 2013
Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the SSEP Homepage Subscribe to receive email updates on the SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) Mission 4 to the International Space Station Opportunity for Schools to Engage Grade 5-16 […]
MAJOR SSEP EVENT: Tomorrow, November 15, 2012, 11:35 am to 1:00 pm ET, LIVE Webcast Coverage of Video-Conference Between Astronauts Aboard ISS and 9,500 Students Across 24 SSEP Communities
An Invitation to Classrooms Everywhere In celebration of International Education Week, you are invited to tune in via webcast to a live video-conference between astronauts aboard the International Space Station and grade 5-14 student researchers whose microgravity experiments are aboard Space Station right now. These are student researchers of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) […]
NCESSE Makes Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to SSEP Community Program Directors for Mission 3 to ISS
The goal of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is to inspire America’s next generation of scientists and engineers, and engage entire communities in the process. In this vein, we believe that it is vitally important that participating students have a lasting recognition of their involvement in America’s Space Program and their role as researchers […]
NASA TV Live Coverage of SpaceX Dragon Departure from ISS Starts 7 am EDT, Sunday, October 28
The SpaceX Dragon vehicle that transported the SSEP Antares and Aquarius II payloads of student experiments to the International Space Station is scheduled to depart Station at 9:26 am EDT Sunday, October 28. Commander Sunita Williams, who has been operating the SSEP experiments aboard Station, along with Flight Engineer Akihiko Hishide, will be controlling the robotic arm that will […]
Preliminary Announcement – Mission 3 to ISS: 17 Communities; 108 Institutional Partners; 6,720 Students Immersed in Real Science; 1,250 Expected Flight Experiment Proposals; 17 Experiments to ISS
Mission 3 is Community’s First SSEP Flight Opportunity: Yellow Mission 3 is Community’s at Least Second SSEP Flight Opportunity: Green View Mission 3 to ISS Communities in a larger map Note: One Mission 3 Community, the Teachers in Space nationally distributed community program, is not shown on the map. SSEP Mission 3 to ISS The National Center […]