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The Story of Our Experiment for Space!

by on April 20, 2011 in Lincolnwood School District 74

Wow!  The launch date for our experiment for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is fast approaching!  It seems like just a short time ago we had  “No Gravity Day” and tried to imagine what life would be like without … Continue reading →

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Our mentors have sent high magnification pictures of our raw and coated chemcal

by on March 11, 2011 in Lincolnwood School District 74

The idea behind our experiment is that when a solution of ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic) in water and a solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone (the coating) in water are mixed, the polyvinylpyrollidone (PVP) will come out of solution and coat the tiny particles … Continue reading →

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The Student Space Flight Experiments Program [or SSEP] is undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), a project of the 501(c)(3) Tides Center, in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC. This on-orbit educational research opportunity is enabled through NanoRacks, LLC, which is working in partnership with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.