The SSEP Mission 8 to ISS flight experiments payload Kitty Hawk is scheduled to launch tomorrow, Monday, July 18, 2016, at 12:45 am EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-9. SSEP Kitty Hawk is comprised of 15 microgravity experiments. The night launch of the Falcon 9 rocket […]
WATCH LIVE: The Flight OF SSEP M7 Odyssey II – Return to Earth, May 11, 2016
The SSEP Mission 7 to ISS flight experiments payload Odyssey II was launched on April 8, 2016, at 4:43 pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-8. The Dragon spacecraft was captured at ISS at 7:23 am EDT, April 10, 2016. On-orbit flight operations for the 25 experiments comprising Odyssey II were conducted on […]
How to See ISS Fly Over Your Town – While the Mission 7 Odyssey II Experiments Are Aboard
Teachers, please pass this post on to your students so they may explore this remarkable sighting opportunity with their parents and families. Depending on your location you might be able to see the International Space Station fly over your town while Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 Odyssey II experiments are aboard. Odyssey II […]
VIDEO: In Honor of the Launch of Mission 7 Odyssey II at 4:43 pm EDT Today, Breathtaking ‘Time Lapse Earth’, Filmed by Astronauts Aboard ISS
Today marks the ultimate milestone in the lifecycle of a SSEP Mission – launch day. In this case, the launch of the Odyssey II payload of Mission 7 flight experiments. Today we depart Earth and truly venture to the frontiers of space, and in celebration, we thought it would be a good time to share this video by […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP M7 Odyssey II, Launching on SpaceX CRS-8, April 8, 2016, 4:43 pm EDT
The SSEP Mission 7 to ISS flight experiments payload Odyssey II is scheduled to launch tomorrow, Friday April 8, 2016, at 4:43 pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-8. If there is a scrub, NASA will recycle to Saturday, April 9, 2016, with launch at 4:20 pm EDT. The launch […]
SSEP FLIGHT OPERATIONS UPDATE: The Flight of Odyssey II, the SSEP Mission 7 Payload Launching April 8, 4:43 pm ET
At 4:43 pm EDT, Friday, April 8, 2016, SpaceX CRS-8 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, adjoining NASA’s Kennedy Space Center en route to the International Space Station. Aboard the Dragon spacecraft will be the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Odyssey II payload of 25 student experiments. These experiments were originally […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 11 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2016
Download a PDF of this Press Release Watch Video Clips describing SSEP: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA) After reading this Press Release, carefully read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive Summary for the program To receive email notification of breaking program news, subscribe to the SSEP National Blog using the Subscribe Box at the bottom […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 10 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 10 to ISS, this challenge was posted a week ago on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 10 microgravity experiment design by first exploring with them the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weightlessness’). As promised, here is the […]
WATCH LIVE: After a Year in Space Aboard ISS, Three Astronauts including Commander Scott Kelly Return to Earth, Tuesday, March 1, 2016
After a year in space, astronaut and International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly (USA) and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (Russia) return to Earth on Tuesday March 1, 2016. Also returning is cosmonaut Sergey Volkov (Russia). Hatch closure will take place at 4:40 pm ET, undocking at 8:05 pm ET, and deorbit burn at 10:34 pm ET. […]
BREAKING NEWS: Station Commander Scott Kelly Reports Large Animal Escapes on International Space Station
We have just learned that 21 hours ago International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly made public via Twitter that a dangerous animal had escaped on Station. Video taken by the astronauts is provided below. We are awaiting word that the animal was captured and crew are now safe. Needed a little humor to lighten up […]