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  Hmmm … anybody recognize these patches? Can you say … cool?         SPACE.com http://www.space.com/15720-spacex-dragon-launch-student-experiments.html  MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47452886#.T7Q5R-3lP0N  YAHOO! http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launching-student-experiments-emblems-1st-space-station-220555112.html   SSEP is undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks LLC. This on-orbit, real research opportunity for students is enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is working in [...]

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) are proud to host the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2012. All students and student teams that were engaged in SSEP experiment design and proposal writing—across all four SSEP flight opportunities to [...]

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and NanoRacks would like to call your attention to NASA Media Advisory M12-084, titled,”Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Station”, issued May 11, 2012, which includes the following: “Saturday, May 19 (Launch day): A delegation from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) will be [...]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has honored all the SSEP researchers, their teachers, their families, and communities participating in the historic SSEP Mission 1 to ISS with a feature article at NASA.gov. It is a recognition that these student researchers are part of America’s Space Program in the 21st century, and a tribute to [...]

On May 2, SpaceX announced that the May 7 launch would likely be delayed. Yesterday NASA issued a statement, which we have provided in its entirety below, resetting the launch to May 19, 4:55 am, EDT. NCESSE has contacted all SSEP delegations that were scheduled to travel to the launch on May 7 to see [...]

Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the New SSEP Homepage Subscribe to receive email updates on the SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) Mission 3 to the International Space Station Opportunity for Schools to [...]

The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administation has extended an invitation to all SSEP Student Researchers, their teachers, and their families attending the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 7, 2012, to watch the launch from the Press Site at Kennedy Space Center. (Yes that’s the location of the famous countdown [...]

The goal of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is to inspire America’s next generation of scientists and engineers, and engage entire communities in the process. In this vein, we believe that it is vitally important that participating students have a lasting recognition of their involvement in America’s Space Program, and their role as researchers [...]

The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft and the SSEP Aquarius payload has been rescheduled for May 7, 2012, 9:38 am EDT. The launch date and time can be found on this NASA page. NCESSE is now contacting the 12 SSEP delegations originally scheduled to attend the April 30 launch [...]

  Ok, the solution is late by a few weeks, and I know you’ve been perplexed, and hanging out on the edge of your seat. You’ve been patiently waiting for me to read my bathroom scale on top of my 210 mile high mountain that apparently even the U.S. Geological Survey knows nothing about (I [...]