Earlier this week media reports indicated an engine problem with the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket to be used for the historic D-1 Cygnus launch scheduled for June 15, 2013. Cygnus will be carrying the SSEP Falcon I payload of 7 experiments (named for the Apollo 15 Lunar Module), and this is to be the first […]
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Also Now Available – SSEP Mission 4 to ISS Certificates of Accomplishment: Teachers, Local Partners, and Individuals
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program would not be possible without the passion and unwavering dedication to our children of all the teachers and administrators in the SSEP communities, the Local Partner Organizations that embrace the spirit of community and the importance of education, and the individuals that step to the plate as quiet heroes serving […]
NCESSE and Clarke Institute Make Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Community Program Directors for Mission 4 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 […]
SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Experiment Payload on Historic Flight of Orbital Sciences Cygnus, launching from MARS, June 2013
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education are proud to announce that Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 3 to ISS experiments will be on the first flight of Orbital Sciences Cygnus to dock with the International Space Station. We thought, though, that we’d […]
T-Minus 47 Days for Mission 3 Liftoff, T-Minus 173 Days for Mission 4 Liftoff. Get in the Spirit: EARTH FROM ISS
To Student Flight Experiment Teams for SSEP Mission 3, and Student Proposing Teams for SSEP Mission 4, we’d like to invite you to get into the spirit of this remarkable adventure. We are now at T-Minus 47 days from liftoff of the SSEP Falcon I payload, containing 5 Mission 3 experiments, 1 re-flight experiment from […]
BREAKING ISS NEWS: New Space Station Residents En Route to Orbiting Laboratory
NASA Breaking News: 5:10 pm EDT, March 28, 2013 A Soyuz vehicle carrying three Expedition 35 crew members to ISS was launched at 4:43 pm EDT, from Kazakhstan. Chris Cassidy, Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin will be aboard ISS during SSEP Falcon 1 payload operations for Mission 4. Soyuz will be docking at ISS just 6 hours […]
NCESSE, Clarke Institute, and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Announce 2013 SSEP National Conference to be Held at Museum, July 2-3, 2013
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education are proud to host the 2013 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2013. All students and student teams that were engaged in SSEP experiment design […]
SSEP Mission 3 Student Researchers from Willis Texas Honored by Texas State Legislature
The Texas State legislature honored Willis Independent School District and their student microgravity researchers on February 28, 2013, for their participation in SSEP Mission 3 to the International Space Station. State Representative Brandon Creighton is addressing the legislature in the video below, which was made available by Willis ISD. Read about Willis Texas involvement in Mission 3 to […]
Virginia General Assembly Honors Russell County Public Schools Involvement in SSEP Mission 2 to ISS with Resolution
The Honorable J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wise County in the City of Norton, VA, who was instrumental in bringing the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program to Virginia’s Russell County (Mission 2 to ISS) and Wise County (Mission 3 to ISS) provided the following exciting news– “The 2013 Virginia General Assembly passed […]
Breaking News – Meteoroid Event in Russian Urals
Given that SSEP operations are in the near Earth environment, we are reporting this morning an event that is likely to impact public opinion worldwide. Preliminary reports indicate that a meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere early Friday morning over Russia’s Ural Mountains at about 9:20 am local time (10:20 pm ET). An atmospheric blast, typical of […]