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We’re Making Progress!

Well, we’re chugging right along with our SSEP participation.  The students have moved forward with three solid projects and I’m hoping to squeeze at least one or two more in before our time is up.  We will be submitting two … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Avicenna Science Lifts Off

Avicenna Academy was granted an award from the Indiana Space Grant Consortium which will allow us to participate in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP).   When we return from spring break, we will be jumping head first into this project.  … Continue reading →

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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 DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.