To teachers starting Mission 12 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 12 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. […]
Archive | September, 2017
The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 12 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s and Canada’s Space Programs, NASA Johnson Style (with Some One Direction)
It’s been a space program tradition since Mission 5 to ISS. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style. We can’t imagine a better video to get students (and teachers) in the frame of mind to start Mission 12 to ISS. To all Mission 12 Community Program Directors and […]
SSEP Mission 12 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 18,300 Participating Students Across 31 Communities in the U.S., Canada and Brazil
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and its international arm, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are honored to announce the start of program operations for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 12 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the 14th SSEP flight opportunity since program inception […]
For the 18,800(!) Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 12 to ISS – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To all SSEP Mission 12 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. We are honored that we […]
WATCH LIVE TODAY, 9/12/17: Launch of Three Astronauts to International Space Station, Coverage Begins 4:15 pm ET
Provided below is the NASA Press Release covering launch operations, crew, and live coverage times on NASA TV for today’s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 5:17 pm ET, and docking at ISS at 10:57 pm ET. You can watch live using the NASA TV portal below. WATCH THE LAUNCH OF SOYUZ […]