The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, and Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are proud and honored to present the 15 Mission Patches representing the communities participating in SSEP Mission 4 to ISS. The Mission Patches were transported to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the SSEP Orion payload of Mission […]
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In Honor of the March 10, 2014, Return of Astronauts Hopkins, Kotov, and Ryazanskiy, and the SSEP M3b Falcon II and M4 Orion Experiments Payload, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a Shout-out to Our 2 Canadian SSEP Communities)
We started a tradition. At the beginning of each new SSEP flight opportunity, we now post on this blog the NASA Johnson Style video. It’s a way to get thousands of new student microgravity researchers and their communities into the spirit of this program. (Sound familiar Mission 6?) But why not post a powerful video […]
We Invite Your Community to Look Up and See ISS Fly Overhead – While There are 23 SSEP Experiments Aboard – Here is How
The International Space Station (ISS) is a truly remarkable laboratory located 260 miles (420 km) above Earth’s surface, and traveling at 17,000 mph (27,400 Km/hr) – that’s 4.7 miles per second. It is a massive spacecraft – the largest ever constructed and bigger than a football field, and is one of the most complex machines ever built […]
Update: On-Orbit Operations for SSEP Mission 3b & 4 Experiments – Return to Earth Monday, March 10, 7:00 PM EST
This is an update of on-orbit flight operations for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 3b Falcon II and Mission 4 Orion experiments currently on the International Space Station. The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education was informed by NanoRacks on February 24, 2014, that undocking and return to Earth of the Soyuz 36S vehicle was […]
THE SOLUTION to the Mission 6 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 6 to ISS this week, this challenge was posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. It is designed to help you get the 8,000 students immersed in Mission 6 microgravity experiment design to start thinking about the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weighlessness’). As promised, here is […]
For Mission 6 Student Researchers – A Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 6 to ISS this week, you are invited to use this challenge to get the 8,000 students immersed in Mission 6 microgravity experiment design to start thinking about the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weighlessness’). The solution to the Challenge will be posted Friday, February 28, […]
What Do You Do When Over 7,300 Students Start Mission 6 to ISS on February 24, 2014? You Go With Tradition – NASA Johnson Style
It’s now a space program tradition. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style. To all Community Program Directors in the at least 17 SSEP Mission 6 communities (and possibly more by this Monday), use this to get your students ready to roll. Put it up on the big […]
The SSEP Mission 4 Orion Experiments: Honoring 11 More Student Flight Teams with Experiments Currently on the International Space Station
There are two payloads of student flight experiments currently being conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) – the Falcon II payload of 12 SSEP Mission 3b experiments and the Orion payload of 11 SSEP Mission 4 experiments. With this post on the SSEP National Blog, we are honoring the 11 student flight teams for the Mission […]
Honoring the 12 Student Teams With SSEP Mission 3b Experiments Currently Being Conducted on the International Space Station
We are now 15 days before the next Crew Interaction Day (the 4th of 6) with the SSEP experiments on the International Space Station (ISS), on February 26, 2014. We are just 29 days from de-orbit and return to Earth for the 12 SSEP Mission 3b Falcon II experiments and the 11 SSEP Mission 4 Orion experiments aboard Soyuz […]
International Space Station Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, on SSEP: 21st Century Science Education Thrives Aboard ISS
This month, NASA Johnson Space Center published a powerful story showcasing research conducted by SSEP student researchers on the International Space Station. The story was written by Mark Wolverton for the International Space Station Office, and appears on the ISS Research page. The story covers research results reported by student research teams at the SSEP Annual Conference, […]