To students, teachers, and communities across the SSEP network- Since retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet after the July 2011 flight of STS-135, Atlantis – which carried Intrepid, the second SSEP experiments payload – transport of all U.S. astronauts to and from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) required Russian Soyuz vehicles. America is now on track […]
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THE SOLUTION to the Mission 7 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 7 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 7 microgravity experiment design by first exploring the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weighlessness’). As promised, here is the solution to the Challenge. […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 7 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 7 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 7 microgravity experiment design by first exploring the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weighlessness’). As promised, here is the solution to the Challenge. […]
For SSEP Mission 7 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
This post is for teachers in the 25 communities across the U.S. starting SSEP Mission 7 to ISS this week. You are invited to use this challenge to get the nearly 10,000 students immersed in Mission 7 microgravity experiment design to start thinking about the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of […]
For Mission 7 Communities Starting SSEP – NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP Program Director, on Orb-1 Launch
An Introduction to the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 to the International Space Station (ISS) starts tomorrow, September 8, 2014. At least 25 communities across the U.S. are participating in what is the ninth SSEP flight opportunity in just 4 years. In support of Mission 7, this is a repost of an […]
The Tradition Continues – A ‘NASA Johnson Style’ Welcome Aboard America’s Space Program to 10,000 Students Now Starting SSEP Mission 7 to ISS
It’s now a space program tradition. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style. It’s a video (below) that will get students and teachers in the frame of mind to start Mission 7 to ISS. We want everyone to recognize that what they are about to embark on is […]
SSEP Impact: New NASA Feature Article on Research Results Reported by Student Teams at 2014 SSEP National Conference, July 2-3, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, and Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are proud to report that NASA Johnson Space Center has written a feature article on science results reported by SSEP student research teams at the 2014 SSEP National Conference held July 2-3 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. […]
NASA Johnson Space Center Feature Article: SSEP Mission 5 Research To Be Conducted Aboard Station Starting Today
The Orb-2/Cygnus vehicle successfully berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:53 am ET, yesterday, July 16, 2014. Stacy Hamel, the SSEP Flight Operations Manager, has alerted all Mission 5 student research teams that we expect the first of the Charlie Brown experiments to be activated today by crew aboard ISS. Four student teams are […]
The Flight of Charlie Brown – the SSEP Mission 5 Payload: WATCH LIVE Berthing of Cygnus to ISS
At 12:52 pm ET, July 13, 2014, the Orb-2 vehicle with the SSEP Mission 5 Charlie Brown payload of experiments blasted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, VA. The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, with grappling at 6:39 am ET, followed by […]
LIVE COVERAGE – The Flight of Charlie Brown – the SSEP Payload of 15 Mission 5 to ISS Experiments on Orb-2, Liftoff July 13, 12:52 pm ET, MARS
After a number of launch slips, we are GO FOR LAUNCH of Orb-2 at 12:52 pm ET today. The SSEP Mission 5 Charlie Brown payload of 15 experiments will be aboard the Orbital Sciences 2 (Orb-2) vehicle launching from Pad 0-A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). The vehicle is comprised of the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft. […]