Note – we are awaiting release of the NASA media advisory for SpaceX-31, which includes times of NASA TV live coverage and Mission details. Once the media advisory is released we will add it to the page below. The red text below reflect place holders for this information. Caption: Watch liftoff of the SpaceX CRS-18 […]
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THE SOLUTION to the Mission 19 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 19 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 19 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. […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 20 to the International Space Station, Starting January 6, 2025
Download PDF of this Press Release NASA News: SSEP Wins Award for Research on International Space Station Video Clips describing SSEP: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA) SSEP Showcased in Scientific American [Video] SSEP Showcased at Congressional Hearing, 11/5/19: STEM Impact in Era of Commercial Space After reading this Press Release, carefully read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive […]
To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 19 to ISS – A Challenge for the Start of the Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To all SSEP Mission 19 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. When watching this movie you’re […]
SSEP Mission 19A to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 9,800 Participating Students Across 21 Communities in the U.S., Canada, Ukraine and Brazil
Click to Zoom 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 19A to the International Space Station (ISS) – the 21st SSEP flight opportunity since […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 19 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2024
Download PDF of this Press Release NASA News: SSEP Wins Award for Research on International Space Station Video Clips describing SSEP: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA) SSEP Showcased in Scientific American [Video] SSEP Showcased at Congressional Hearing, 11/5/19: STEM Impact in Era of Commercial Space After reading this Press Release, carefully read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive […]
The Flight of SSEP Mission 17 – UPDATE 11/16/23: Launch Video, Astronauts Now Operating Experiments on ISS
November 16, 2023, 12:55 pm EST From: Dr. Jeff Goldstein Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) National Program Director Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education The 38 flight experiments comprising the Orbiter payload for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 17 are now being operated by the astronauts aboard the International Space […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 17 Experiments Launching on SpaceX CRS-29, Thursday, November 9, 2023, 8:28 pm EST
To readers – if you would like to wish the Mission 17 to ISS student researchers, their teachers, and their communities good luck on the launch of their experiments on SpaceX CRS-29, you are invited to leave a comment below:) Video Above – Watch A SpaceX Launch From 2019: liftoff of the SpaceX CRS-18 Mission at […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 17 Experiments Launching on SpaceX CRS-29, Thursday, November 9, 2023, 8:28 pm EST
To readers – if you would like to wish the Mission 17 to ISS student researchers, their teachers, and their communities good luck on the launch of their experiments on SpaceX CRS-29, you are invited to leave a comment below:) Video Above – Watch A SpaceX Launch From 2019: liftoff of the SpaceX CRS-18 Mission at […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 18 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 18 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Monday, September 11, 2023. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 18 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. […]