The plan for the samples is to ship the water samples FedEx on Monday April 26th from Ballston Spa to a hotel in Florida. The eggs will be shipped from New Mexico on April 26th via UPS and FedEx. The … Continue reading →
Archive | April, 2011
Trial Run #3
We received a new batch of eggs and are using different vials to store the eggs. We are still trying out different temperatures to store the vials and have put some in closed shipping contaners. We are still trying to … Continue reading →
URGENT: THE EFFECT OF POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON LAUNCH
SSEP has just been alerted to the possibility that if the federal government were to shut down next week, which may happen if the Congress cannot agree on the budget for the current fiscal year, the launch of STS-134 may be delayed from the current April 29 date. Though this is by no means certain […]
Flight Delay!!!
With 16 days left in our countdown NASA announced a ten day flight delay. Our materials are all measured out, packaged up and ready to go. We’ll hang on to them until the new materials submission date of April 19. … Continue reading →
Flight Concentrations Determined
After review of crystals grown so far, Celeste and Josie have selected a 2:1 ratio of lysozyme protein to citrate buffer. This means that in the 125mL of Well A there will be — ml/mg lysozyme protein and === ml … Continue reading →
Learning to Grow Protein Crystals
Enter Dr. Eric Gouaux of OHSU. Dr. Gouaux received the donated lysozyme, and he donated the other materials for the project. Dr. Gouaux has come to Jackson several times to coach us along in the lysozyme crystal growing process. Josie … Continue reading →
Materials Crisis!
It turns out urokinase is really expensive and hard to get. Josie and Celeste make an early morning call and find this out. Thanks so much to the folks at Sigma-Aldrich for taking on the task of finding an affordable … Continue reading →
URGENT: NEW LAUNCH VIEWING PLANS
The launch slip of STS-134 from April 19 to April 29 has prompted a significant re-examination of travel planning for the 300 SSEP students, teachers, administrators, and family members that were heading to Kennedy Space Center for the launch. The key issue is that rescheduling of travel for 3 communities is not an option either […]
NOW OPERATIONAL: STS-135 Flight Experiment FAQ
The STS-135 Flight Experiment FAQ is now fully operational for all students and teachers engaged in the SSEP opportunity on STS-135. It is accessed through the “Resources” link in the navigation banner at the top of any SSEP web page. As a starting point for the new FAQ, we have culled all relevant questions from […]
Student Scientists
The students have been given paperwork introducing SSEP, NanoRacks‘ minilab that we will be utilizing and the list of NASA approved sample materials. As we begin making progress with group selection and topic selection, I will be posting more. Please stay … Continue reading →