SSEP on SpaceX Picked up by SPACE.com

  Hmmm … anybody recognize these patches? Can you say … cool?         SPACE.com http://www.space.com/15720-spacex-dragon-launch-student-experiments.html  MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47452886#.T7Q5R-3lP0N  YAHOO! http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launching-student-experiments-emblems-1st-space-station-220555112.html   SSEP is undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks LLC. This on-orbit, real research opportunity for students is enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is working in […]

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Invitation to the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, July 2-3, 2012

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) are proud to host the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2012. All students and student teams that were engaged in SSEP experiment design and proposal writing—across all four SSEP flight opportunities to […]

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Official NASA Media Advisory for NASA/SpaceX Launch Addresses SSEP Delegation in Attendance

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and NanoRacks would like to call your attention to NASA Media Advisory M12-084, titled,”Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Station”, issued May 11, 2012, which includes the following: “Saturday, May 19 (Launch day): A delegation from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) will be […]

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NASA Honors Communities Across the United States Engaged in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS with a Feature Article

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has honored all the SSEP researchers, their teachers, their families, and communities participating in the historic SSEP Mission 1 to ISS with a feature article at NASA.gov. It is a recognition that these student researchers are part of America’s Space Program in the 21st century, and a tribute to […]

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ANNOUNCING NEW SSEP FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY – Mission 3 to the International Space Station, for the 2012-2013 Academic Year

Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the New 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 3 to the International Space Station Opportunity for Schools to […]

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A Wonderful Invitation from NASA to All SSEP Community Delegations Attending the SpaceX Launch on May 7, 2012

The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administation has extended an invitation to all SSEP Student Researchers, their teachers, and their families attending the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 7, 2012, to watch the launch from the Press Site at Kennedy Space Center. (Yes that’s the location of the famous countdown […]

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NCESSE Makes Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to SSEP Community Program Directors

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 […]

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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. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.