There are two payloads of student flight experiments currently being conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) – the Falcon II payload of 12 SSEP Mission 3b experiments and the Orion payload of 11 SSEP Mission 4 experiments. With this post on the SSEP National Blog, we are honoring the 11 student flight teams for the Mission […]
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Honoring the 12 Student Teams With SSEP Mission 3b Experiments Currently Being Conducted on the International Space Station
We are now 15 days before the next Crew Interaction Day (the 4th of 6) with the SSEP experiments on the International Space Station (ISS), on February 26, 2014. We are just 29 days from de-orbit and return to Earth for the 12 SSEP Mission 3b Falcon II experiments and the 11 SSEP Mission 4 Orion experiments aboard Soyuz […]
International Space Station Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, on SSEP: 21st Century Science Education Thrives Aboard ISS
This month, NASA Johnson Space Center published a powerful story showcasing research conducted by SSEP student researchers on the International Space Station. The story was written by Mark Wolverton for the International Space Station Office, and appears on the ISS Research page. The story covers research results reported by student research teams at the SSEP Annual Conference, […]
Flight Operations Update: SSEP Mission 3b and 4 Experiments on ISS
This is an update of on-orbit flight operations for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 3b Falcon II and Mission 4 Orion experiments currently on the International Space Station. Crew Interaction Day 3 (of 6) occurred on schedule on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Crew interactions by astronaut Koichi Wakata were completed at 10:10 am ET. […]
VIDEO: A Gift – Your Planet from the International Space Station, Time Lapse-EARTH
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education wanted to share what we consider a gift to the human race. Only in the last 60 years has our technology allowed us to venture forth from this world, and see it from the solemnity of space. […]
VIDEOS: Astronaut Koichi Wakata Activating SSEP Mission 3b/4 Experiments on ISS
The following two videos have been downloaded from the International Space Station, forwarded to NanoRacks, and then on to the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education. These are video records of on-orbit activations, de-activations and other interactions associated with the SSEP Mission 3b and […]
Be Part of the Adventure TODAY – WATCH LIVE: SPACEWALK at ISS Starting at 8:30 am EST
Today, Monday, January 27, 2014, astronauts are conducting a 6-hour spacewalk at the International Space Station, with hatch opening at 9:10 am EST. If you want to get a sense of what that’s like for the astronauts, the image above is a NASA simulation of a spacewalk in December 2013 to repair a coolant pump. […]
SSEP Mission 3b and 4 Experiments Begin Operations on the International Space Station
The Cygnus spacecraft carrying the 23 SSEP Mission 3b and Mission 4 experiments was captured by Canadarm2 at the International Space Station at 6:08 am ET, Sunday, January 12, 2014. Cygnus was berthed at the Station’s Harmony node at 8:05 am ET. The Mission 3b Falcon II and Mission 4 Orion payloads were transferred to […]
NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP Program Director, on Orb-1 Launch
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with NanoRacks LLC, working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International […]
LIVE COVERAGE – The Flight of 23 SSEP Mission 3b and Mission 4 to ISS Experiments on Orb-1, Liftoff January 9, 1:07 pm ET, MARS
We are again GO FOR LAUNCH of Orb-1 and the 23 SSEP Mission 3b and 4 experiments. There are 6 SSEP community delegations still at Wallops Island, absolutely determined to watch Orb-1 leave the pad. Fingers crossed. FYI – the photo above was taken by Ken Kremer from Universe Today. He is covering Orb-1 flight […]