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 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the 20th SSEP flight opportunity since program inception […]
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SSEP Mission 18 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 15,000 Participating Students Across 38 Communities in the U.S., Canada and Ukraine
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 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the 20th SSEP flight opportunity since program inception […]
To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 18 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 18 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 […]
To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 18 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 18 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 […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 18 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2023
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 […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 16 Experiments Launching on SpaceX CRS-26, Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 3:54 pm ET
To readers – if you would like to wish the Mission 16 to ISS student researchers, their teachers, and their communities good luck on the launch of their experiments on SpaceX CRS-26, 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 17 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?
To teachers starting Mission 17 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Monday, September 5, 2022. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 17 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. […]
To All Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 17 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 17 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 […]
New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 17 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2022
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 […]
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX-23 Return To Earth with SSEP Mission 14 & 15 Experiments, 9:05 am EDT, September 30, 2021 – Astronauts Complete Final Interactions at Undock Minus 2 Days Milestone
An Update on SSEP Spaceflight Operations – This is the Real Space Program Overview – SSEP Missions 14, 15, and 16 to the International Space Station, and Upcoming Mission 17 Starting September 2022 The SpaceX CRS-23 vehicle carrying experiments from Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 14 and 15 to the International Space Station (ISS) […]