Welcome to the Guilford County Schools blog for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Soon, we will share regular updates as our students develop their experiment ideas, write proposals for the competition, create emblems to fly with the experiments and … Continue reading →
Archive | April, 2012
Invitation to SSEP Communities and Partner Organizations to the April 30 Launch of the SpaceX Dragon at Kennedy Space Center
NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is graciously inviting SSEP students, teachers, and family members, as well as representatives of SSEP partner organizations, to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule aboard, from KARS Park on KSC grounds. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:22 pm EDT, April 30. Dragon will carry […]
SPECIAL UPDATE: Aquarius Payload Integration – Houston in Receipt of Mission 1 Mini-Labs for Flight of the Dragon
April 6, 2012, 10:00 pm EDT: Student flight experiment teams have reached a milestone. NanoRacks in Houston is now in receipt of 14 of 15 Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) mini-laboratories for integration into the Aquarius payload. The mini-labs were to be delivered today, but there’s a hitch — always is with real science. (And it’s not […]
Communities and Partners Formally Announced for SSEP Mission 2 to ISS
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is proud to announce the new Community Profiles and Local Partners: SSEP Mission 2 to ISS page. The 11 communities profiled on the page are providing the opportunity for 15,120 grade 5-12 students to design and propose real experiments for flight aboard the International Space Station […]