The SSEP Mission 1 payload, Aquarius, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on May 25, 2012. Over the past month, ISS crew members have worked with the payload, activating and deactivating experiments, as required. During this time, real microgravity science experiments designed by student teams from across the United […]
In Our Own Words – Right Place, Right Time, Dr. Barrett Caldwell, NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium Director at SpaceX Launch, May 22, 2012, “No bucks, No Buck Rogers”
Since SSEP began 2 years ago, we have periodically invited guest bloggers to write essays on what this program has meant to their communities. A list of these essays is found at the top of the In Our Own Words page, at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite. We recently invited SSEP attendees at Kennedy Space Center […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Launched June 7, 2010, SSEP Turns 2
We thought this was worthy of a blog post:) Looking back over the last 2 years, pretty cool. Leave a birthday wish below if you’d like. ps- Here was the very first post.
Student Microgravity Experiments Selected to Fly Aboard First Operational Flight of SpaceX Dragon in September 2012
11 Experiments Chosen from over 1,100 Proposed will Fly to International Space Station Via Commercial STEM Education Initiative For Immediate Release June 7, 2012 Program Description Video Clip NEW NASA video on SSEP Download a PDF of this Release WASHINGTON – The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with […]
NCESSE and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Present the Student Research Teams Attending the 2012 SSEP National Conference, July 2-3
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) are proud to present the student research teams presenting at the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2012. Student teams from three SSEP […]
Real Spaceflight All the Time, the Adventure Continues: Problem with SSEP Mission 1 Aquarius Payload
On Friday, June 1, 2012, at 8:32 am EDT, the communication below was sent to all SSEP Community Program Directors for Mission 1 to ISS, and to all Teacher Facilitators for student research teams with a flight experiment contained in the Aquarius payload aboard ISS. There are many students following along with the flight of […]
SSEP In the News Update: Extensive Media Coverage of SSEP Mission 1 to ISS on SpaceX Dragon
This past week saw the historic launch of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, and the first berthing of a commercial vehicle with the International Space Station. The Aquarius payload of SSEP Mission 1 to ISS experiments was the only science payload aboard. There was extensive media coverage of the flight of Aquarius on Dragon, reflecting the […]
VIDEO: NASA ISS Associate Program Scientist Tara Ruttley Talks About the Power of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program for STEM Education
The following video is from SPACEPORTS, May 23, 2012. NASA Public Affairs Office commentator Pat Ryan talks with Dr. Tara Ruttley, ISS Associate Program Scientist, about the science payload carried in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the impact of commercial cargo ships on science activities and the ISS Research & Development Conference in June 2012. Most of […]
Live Coverage of Dragon Undocking, Reentry, and Splashdown Tomorrow Morning, May 31, 2012 – Note SSEP Mission 1 Aquarius Payload Not Aboard
NASA TV will be providing live coverage of the return to Earth of the Dragon spacecraft. If you’ve been following this historic flight, you might want to tune in, and this post includes a live NASA TV video window. Below the video window is the official NASA Media Advisory for Dragon Coverage. Note that the […]
Aquarius Payload of Mission 1 Experiments Activated by Astronaut Don Pettit Aboard ISS at 10:30 am EDT
From NanoRacks, a few minutes ago— The Module 9 mix sticks were activated by crew member Don Pettit at exactly 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 GMT) on Monday morning. He called down a couple of times wanting to make sure that he got sufficient bending (~5 degrees) to break the ampules, as he was having a […]