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SSEP Mission 10 to ISS
Experiment Design Competition and Selection of Flight Experiments: Spring 2016
Flight to ISS: projected launch Spring 2017, on Space-X-11 (Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft); return to Earth at launch+1 month, on SpaceX-11 (see Flight Profile page)
The 11 communities profiled below are providing the opportunity for thousands of grade 5-16 students to design and propose real microgravity experiments for flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of SSEP Mission 10 to ISS – the 12th SSEP flight opportunity.
Each community conducts a local Flight Experiment Design Competition with student teams designing microgravity experiments across multiple disciplines. Each team submits a formal research proposal, vying for an experiment slot reserved just for their community in a real research mini-laboratory scheduled to fly on the International Space Station. The Mission 10 to ISS community leadership project that across the network of 11 communities a minimum of 4,400 students will be fully engaged in experiment design, and a minimum of 870 flight experiment proposals from student teams will be received.
Thousands more grade preK-12 students are being given the opportunity to participate in SSEP Mission 10 to ISS community-wide programming, which includes the design of Mission Patches to fly aboard ISS. Through community engagement activities, together with microgravity experiment design, a total of 45 schools in 8 States are taking part in Mission 10 to ISS. In addition, Mission 10 includes three communities in California, and two in Texas.
Mission 10 is made possible in part by a grant from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education. CASIS is a National Partner on the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. For 7 of the 11 communities, Mission 10 is made possible in part by a grant from Subaru of America, also a National Partner on SSEP.
More generally, Mission 10 to ISS is made possible through the involvement of 45 Local Partner institutions, including school districts, corporate foundations, universities, community foundations, and companies, and which are providing both underwriting and material and human resources. This includes support from 6 NASA Space Grant Consortia at lead universities, including: California Space Grant Consortium at University of California, San Diego; Delaware Space Grant Consortium at University of Delaware; Kansas Space Grant at Wichita State University; Maryland Space Grant Consortium at Johns Hopkins University; Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium at the Desert Research Institute; and Texas Space Grant Consortium at University of Texas at Austin.
The level of partnership is remarkable, and speaks to what a team of partners at the local, state, and national levels can do together in STEM education.
Visit the SSEP In the News page and the In Our Own Words page to gain an understanding of program impact over all SSEP missions conducted to date.
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 5; experiment design and mission patches: Camden Fairview High School, Camden Fairview Middle School; mission patches only: Fairview Elementary School, Ivory Primary School, Camden Fairview Intermediate School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 350 (grades 7-12)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 60
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades K-5), (grades 6-12)
Partner Institutions
Camden Fairview School District
Ouachita Valley Community Foundation
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Camden Operations
Farmers Bank & Trust
Tom Chilton
Jerry Adams
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation
NTS
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Director
Pam Vaughan
pamcvaughan@gmail.com
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 5; experiment design and mission patches: Cosumnes River Elementary School, C.W. Dillard Elementary School, Arnold Adreani Elementary School, Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Sierra Enterprise Elementary School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 430 (grades 5-6)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 100
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades K-3), (grades 4-6)
Partner Institutions
Elk Grove Unified School District
California Space Grant Consortium
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
Mike Gulden
mgulden@egusd.net
Sandra Wiest
swiest@egusd.net
3. iLEAD Consortium, California
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 5; experiment design and mission patches: Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School, iLEAD Encino, iLEAD Lancaster, iLEAD Simi Valley, iLEAD Innovation Studios
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 623 (grades 5-8)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 95
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades K-4), (grades 5-12)
Partner Institutions
iLEAD Schools
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
Kathleen Fredette
kathdette@me.com
Angie Nastovska
angie.nastovska@scvi-k12.org
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 6; experiment design and mission patches: Lennox Middle School; mission patches only: Buford Elementary School, Dolores Huerta Elementary School, Moffett Elementary School, Felton Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 310 (grades 7-8)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 62
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades 1-5), (grades 6-8)
Partner Institutions
Lennox School District
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
Alejandro Hernandez
alejandro_hernandez@lennox.k12.ca.us
Salvador Martin
salvador_martin@lennox.k12.ca.us
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 1; experiment design and mission patches: Everett Meredith Middle School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 800 (grades 6-8)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 200
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): one competition; (grades 6-8)
Partner Institutions
Appoquinimink School District
Everett Meredith Middle School
Orbital ATK
Air Liquide
Delaware Space Grant Consortium
LabWare
Society of Satellite Professionals International
SPI Pharma
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Director
Meredith Swartzendruber
mlswartzendruber@gmail.com
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 2; experiment design and mission patches: Lansing Middle School; mission patches only: Lansing Intermediate School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 600 (grades 6-8)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 60
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades 4-5), (grades 6-8)
Partner Institutions
Lansing Unified School District 469
Lansing Middle School
NASA in Kansas – Kansas Space Grant Consortium
Black & Veatch
DST Systems, Inc.
Cerner
BioKansas
Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
Terracon
Synetic Technologies
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
Dr. Jennifer Kolb
jennifer.kolb@usd469.net
Tara Krajewski
tara.krajewski@usd469.net
7. University System of Maryland, Maryland
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 2; experiment design and mission patches: University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park; mission patches only: To be determined
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 30 (grades 6-8)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 7
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): one competition; (grades 13-16)
Partner Institutions
University of Maryland College Park
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Maryland Space Grant Consortium
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Director
Daniel Serrano
dsvolpe@umd.edu
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 7; experiment design and mission patches: Nate Mack Elementary School, Martha P. King Elementary School, Kathy L. Batterman Elementary School, William Wright Elementary School, Sandy Searles Miller Academy of International Studies, William E. Snyder Elementary School, John C. Vanderburg Elementary School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 300 (grade 5)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 90
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grade 5 and GATE), (grades K-5)
Partner Institutions
Clark County School District
Greenpower DRI – Desert Research Institute
Arcata
The Public Education Foundation
UNLV College of Engineering
Nevada Space Grant Consortium
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Cynthia Joan Davis
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
William Gilluly
bgilluly@interact.ccsd.net
Cheryl Wagner
caw565@interact.ccsd.net
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 3; experiment design and mission patches: Kent Place Primary School, Kent Place Middle School, Kent Place Upper School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 350 (grades 5-12)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 70
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades K-5), (grades 6-12)
Partner Institutions
Kent Place School
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Co-Directors
Jim Flakker
flakkerj@kentplace.org
Suzanne Carreno Powers
carrenpowerss@kentplace.org
Maura Crowe
crowem@kentplace.org
10. Houston, Texas – Harmony Public Schools
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 1; experiment design and mission patches: Harmony Science Academy – Houston
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 300 (grades 10-11)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 60
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): one competition; (grades 9-12)
Partner Institutions
Harmony Public Schools
Harmony Science Academy
Texas Space Grant Consortium
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Director
Gercek Boz
gboz@harmonytx.org
11. San Antonio, Texas – Southside ISD
Program Scope
Number of participating schools: 8; experiment design and mission patches: Southside High School, ACES Early College Academy, Julius L. Matthey Middle School, Losoya Intermediate School; mission patches only: William Pearce Primary School, Julian C. Gallardo Elementary School, Freedom Elementary School, Heritage Elementary School
Experiment Design Competition
Expected Minimum Number of Students Fully Engaged in Experiment Design: 300 (grades 5-12)
Expected Minimum Number of Student Team Proposals: 60
SSEP Community-wide Engagement Program
Mission Patch Art and Design Competition(s): two competitions; (grades K-4), (grades 5-12)
Partner Institutions
Southside Independent School District
Texas Space Grant Consortium
Subaru of America, Inc., SSEP National Partner
SSEP Mission Participation
Mission 10 to ISS
SSEP Community Program Director
Samuel Ebong
samuel.ebong@southside.k12.tx.us
John Sherrill
john.sherrill@southside.k12.tx.us