Caption: Five experiments from Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) Missions 14 and 15 to the International Space Station are scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX-22 at 1:29 pm ET, June 3, 2021, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seen above is SpaceX-21 docked at the International Space Station against the limb of Earth, SpaceX-21 launched […]
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New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 16 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2021
Download PDF of this Press Release NASA Release 7/20/17: SSEP Wins Award for Research on International Space Station Video Clips describing SSEP: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA) SSEP Showcased in Scientific American [Video] SSEP Showcased at Congressional Hearing, 11/5/19: STEM Impact in Era of Commercial Space After reading this Press Release, carefully read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an […]
New STEM Opportunity – Permanently Install a Voyage Scale Model of the Solar System in Your Community as a Focal Point for STEM Education
Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, explore the Voyage National Program Website, and the Available Exhibitions page Voyage Mark II Exhibition Available for Permanent Installation Summer 2021 Opportunity for a Community to Engage Students, Families, and the Public at Large in an Outdoor STEM Experience in the Space Sciences For Immediate Release […]
UPDATE – No you didn’t miss it – NEW SPACE-X 21 LAUNCH DATE, 11:17 am ET, SUNDAY December 6, 2020
The launch of SpaceX CRS-21, carrying the SSEP Mission 14 Apollo payload of experiments, is now scheduled for launch today, Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 11:17 am ET. Schedule of Events – Sunday, December 6 9:45-10:15 am ET – Presentation by Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director [bio] 10:45 am ET – NASA TV live […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 14 ‘Apollo’, Launching on SpaceX CRS-21, Saturday, December 5, 2020, 11:39 am ET
Information to be determined is in RED TEXT below. Information that has changed since this post went live on December 3 is in GREEN TEXT below. Last update of this page: December 6, 2020, 7:45 am ET NOTE: All dates and times below have now been updated to reflect the launch delay from 12/5/20 to […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 15 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 15 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Monday, September 28, 2020. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 15 microgravity experiment design by first exploring with them the concept of microgravity (the technical term for the phenomenon of ‘weightlessness’). As promised, here is the solution to the Challenge. […]
To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 15 to ISS – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To all SSEP Mission 15 student microgravity researchers, just before his return to Earth on Soyuz 33S, on May 13, 2013, Expedition 35 International Space Station Commander and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield – the first Canadian to walk in space –released this video. Watch Chris (and his guitar) and see what weightlessness looks like. When watching this movie you’re […]
Help Select the Two Official Mission Patches for SSEP Mission 14 to ISS – You’re Invited to Vote for Your Favorite Patch Through September 28, 2020
If you are new to the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) you’re invited to read the Home Page, which is an Executive Summary of the program. Students, teachers, family members, and other stakeholders across your community are invited to select the two Official Mission Patches for SSEP Mission 14 to the International Space Station (ISS). Replicas of these patches will be […]
WATCH HISTORY LIVE TODAY – Launch of Astronauts on SpaceX Demo-2 Mission 3:22 pm ET, May 30, 2020
A Unique Perspective The historic launch today is being extensively covered by the media. With this post, I wanted to provide a unique SSEP perspective on this milestone for the U.S. space program. The last time U.S. astronauts launched into space aboard a U.S. rocket was on July 8, 2011, with STS-135 – the […]
SSEP Teachable Moment – WATCH LIVE – Video of Earth from the International Space Station, with Music
To Teachers: you can pass this post on to your students as a home activity, so they can watch live video of the Earth from the International Space Station. Feedback on this Teachable Moment is welcome. Feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the post. Concepts addressed: Physics and Space: a spacecraft in Low Earth […]