SSEP | Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

Something very moving from Sharon Churchwell, SSEP Community Program Director in Lincolnwood, Illinois— Over the past few years I have been reading more and more about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Last summer I came across a STEM initiative like no other, one where students could literally reach for the stars (well, ok, low […]

The following stories have just been added to the SSEP In the News page at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite—   SSEP on STS-135 Hartford CT Hartford students getting project on space shuttle Westport News, June 9, 2011 http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Hartford-students-getting-project-on-space-shuttle-1363103.php VIDEO: Space Shuttle Atlantis Will Carry Piece of Hartford Eyewitness NEWS3, May 11, 2011 http://www.wfsb.com/news/27855402/detail.html Annie Fisher […]

We are truly honored to share a wonderful letter from Dr. Barrett S. Caldwell, Professor at Purdue University, and Director of the Indiana Space Grant Consortium. The Consortium is underwriting SSEP for Crown Point, Indiana, on the flight of STS-135. Barrett’s letter speaks to the power of partnership. It also goes hand-in-hand with a previous post […]

From: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education To: America’s Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers Participating in SSEP on STS-135 To all SSEP student flight experiment teams, this is what you’ve been waiting for! We have now officially entered the SSEP Launch Phase for […]

The new Launch Plans for STS-135 page is now up at the SSEP website. It can be accessed directly from the Current Flight Opportunities link in the navigation banner at the top of all pages at the SSEP website. All STS-135 Community Program Directors and representatives of partners are directed to the page. Please Contact […]

The following stories have just been added to the SSEP In the News page at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite— National and International Student Scientists Fly Investigations to the Space Station Feature Article, International Space Station Research News, NASA.gov, May 25, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ssep.html One Last Student Endeavour Feature Article, NASA.gov, April 26, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/one-last-shuttle-endeavour.html   […]

Bo Lowery, the SSEP Community Program Co-Director for Jefferson County, Kentucky (The Academy @Shawnee), personally traveled to Kennedy Space Center to pick up the harvested experiment samples for their experiment The Effect of Micro-gravity on the Viability of Lactobacillus GG. Grades 9, 10, and 11, The Academy @Shawnee Principal Investigator: Jade Burton Co-Investigators: Ben Bommarrito, Alejandro Cid, Miranda […]

Space Shuttle Atlantis at the launch pad, getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch, and the final flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program with 11 SSEP Experiments aboard. Photo from @nasakennedy

ITA has informed NCESSE this morning that the samples harvested from 12 of 16 SSEP experiments were shipped yesterday via FedEx or UPS (the carrier requested by the flight experiment teams) for delivery today. Samples for the remaining 4 experiments will be shipped today for delivery tomorrow (June 3). This morning, NCESSE is contacting the […]

Welcome back to Earth—back home—Mark, Greg, Mike, Greg, Andrew, and Roberto. We’ve been expecting you. Have you seen your landing yet? Here you go— At 6:25 am EDT this morning, ITA reported receiving the mini-laboratory payload from NASA that contains the experiments of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, a culmination of 20,000 grade 5-14 students […]