What? You mean we’ve got to get ready to receive our experiment samples already? But we just got back from the truly spectacular launch in Florida, and we haven’t unpacked yet! (OK, maybe that’s just me:-) Switching to serious— With NASA’s recent one day extension to its mission, Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to […]
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A Pretty Powerful Update to the Official SSEP In Our Own Words Page
At this SSEP National Blog, we recently began posting “In Our Own Words” essays from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) leadership around the nation, providing insight into what this program has meant to the participating students, teachers, families, and communities. The idea for these special posts grew from interest expressed by the leadership in […]
Sent!!! (Phew)
Last week we got an email with a simple subject line and attached photo that captured one community’s journey. It was from Amanda Arceo, SSEP Community Program Director for Crown Point, Indiana. Anybody else share her excitement (and relief)? The Avicenna Academy Science Community Collaboration is sending two species of paramecium into space to fight it out aboard […]
In Our Own Words – Hartford, Connecticut: Transforming Teachers Through Inquiry, One Teacher’s Story
Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School, Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut, is participating in SSEP on STS-135. Their flight experiment, Microgravity’s Effect on Tomato Growth, is scheduled to blast off on Atlantis on July 8. Their participation in this historic flight is made possible by Hamilton Sundstrand, the Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium, Hartford Public Schools, and […]
Final Update of STS-135 Launch Plan for Nearly 300 SSEP Attendees at NASA Kennedy Space Center
Are you getting excited yet? The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education has just completed the final update of the Launch Plans for STS-135 page at the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) website. This update provides new information on breakfast and lunch provided to SSEP attendees at KARS Park on July 8, and […]
In Our Own Words – Zachary Louisiana: Science Became the Language of Zachary
Circe Bridges, the Teacher Facilitator for the STS-134 flight experiment from Zachary, LA, wanted to share the following at the SSEP National Blog— Participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program has been an exponential chain of opportunities for not only the students involved, but the entire community of Zachary, Louisiana. The initial opportunity allowed students […]
Final Update for SSEP National Conference in Washington, DC, July 6 and 7, 2011: Everyone Interested in SSEP Should Read This
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) have finished updating the SSEP National Conference webpage, which now includes a complete schedule for the conference, a list of all featured presentations, a list of all student team presentations, conference expectations, and important information for […]
SSEP Media Showcase: Ballston Spa, New York, and their Fish …. from Space
Every once and a while we’ll feature a particular story about SSEP in the news. This one stood out because it provides a good history of both pre-launch activities and Endeavour’s return of precious cargo to three researchers in Ballston, Spa, New York. From the Times Union— This idea went places Experiment designed by Ballston […]
In Our Own Words – Broward County, FL: This is real, practical learning at its best
Lenecia McCrary, the SSEP Community Program Director in Broward County, Florida, wanted to share the following at the SSEP National Blog— Wow!! I can’t believe that it’s been almost a year since I first became aware of this awesome opportunity…students able to propose an experiment to fly in outer space. This was my first […]
Stunning Video: Endeavour Docked at ISS – Aboard Her, Your SSEP Experiments
Uploaded to YouTube by NASA Television Newly released video shows the International Space Station together with the space shuttle, the vehicle that helped build the complex over the last decade. The video was shot by European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that undocked from the station on May 23. He, […]