The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program would not be possible without the passion and unwavering dedication to our children of all the teachers and administrators in the SSEP communities, the Local Partner Organizations that embrace the spirit of community and the importance of education, and the individuals that step to the plate as quiet heroes serving […]
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With SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Deadline for Flight Experiment Proposals Approaching, NCESSE Honored to Provide Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Communities
The goal of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, and engage entire communities in the process. In this vein, we believe that it is vitally important that the thousands of students participating in SSEP Mission 6 to ISS have a lasting recognition of their involvement in […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 to the International Space Station for 2014-15 Academic Year
Download a PDF of this Press Release Watch Video: A Program Overview After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the SSEP Homepage that serves as an Executive Summary for the program Subscribe to receive email notification of breaking news on SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. Student Spaceflight Experiments […]
April 17, 2014 FLIGHT OPS UPDATE: The Flight of Charlie Brown on Orb-2 – The SSEP Mission 5 Experiments Payload
All SSEP student flight teams for the 15 Mission 5 to ISS experiments are still driving against a May 6, 2014, launch. All mini-labs containing the flight experiments are due at NanoRacks in Houston by Friday, April 18, 2014, for integration into the SSEP Charlie Brown payload. Charlie Brown will then be integrated into the Cygnus spacecraft […]
SSEP FLIGHT OPS UPDATE: The Flight of Charlie Brown on Orb-2 – The SSEP Mission 5 Experiments Payload; NASA TV Live Coverage of SpaceX-3 Launch Today
The SSEP Charlie Brown payload of the 15 Mission 5 to ISS experiments are scheduled to launch on May 6, 2014, on Orbital Sciences 2 (Orb-2), out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, Virginia. All student flight teams have been loading their flight and ground truth mini-laboratories, and shipping them to NanoRacks in […]
Astronauts Enjoy Great Water on ISS! – Used to be Their Urine (What Did You Expect?)
Mmmm good. Here’s astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) to explain. Hey – does Koichi look familiar? He was the crew member operating the SSEP Mission 3b and Mission 4 experiments on orbit in January 2014. See the January 27, 2014, Blog Post. Here’s a question to ponder – why not just transport fresh water from Earth […]
In Support of Mission 6 to ISS Student Teams, a Re-Post – NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP Program Director, on Orb-1 Launch
Now that 8,000 students across the 19 SSEP Mission 6 communities are fully immersed in microgravity experiment design, we thought that a re-post of the interview below would be helpful to reinforce an understanding of how to think about microgravity experiment design, and how the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) operates. It should also give […]
SSEP is Honored to Welcome 19 Communities Aboard for Mission 6 to ISS
Mission 6 is Community’s First SSEP Flight Opportunity: Yellow Mission 6 is Community’s at Least Second SSEP Flight Opportunity: Green View SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Communities on a larger map The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S. and its international arm, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are proud to […]
“My Greatest Moment of My Life So Far” – Michal Bodzianowski, SSEP Mission 4 Student Researcher, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
As a testament to the capabilities of SSEP to both inspire, and to immerse students in a real research experience, we wanted to showcase two SSEP research teams. First, Michal Bodzianowski, the Principal Investigator (PI) in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, whose Mission 4 experiment just returned to Earth yesterday on Soyuz 36S. Second, a Mission 1 […]
WATCH LIVE TODAY: The Flight of SSEP M3b Falcon II and M4 Orion – Return to Earth, March 10, 2014
Today, astronauts Michael Hopkins (USA), Oleg Kotov (Russia), and Sergey Ryazanskiy (Russia), return to Earth on Soyuz 36S (Soyuz TMA-10M) along with the Falcon II payload of 12 SSEP Mission 3b experiments and the Orion payload of 11 SSEP Mission 4 experiments. Milestone events are being covered live on NASA TV. Below is the NASATV schedule. If you wish you can watch live […]