The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education are proud to host the 2013 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2013. All students and student teams that were engaged in SSEP experiment design […]
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SSEP Mission 3 Student Researchers from Willis Texas Honored by Texas State Legislature
The Texas State legislature honored Willis Independent School District and their student microgravity researchers on February 28, 2013, for their participation in SSEP Mission 3 to the International Space Station. State Representative Brandon Creighton is addressing the legislature in the video below, which was made available by Willis ISD. Read about Willis Texas involvement in Mission 3 to […]
Virginia General Assembly Honors Russell County Public Schools Involvement in SSEP Mission 2 to ISS with Resolution
The Honorable J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wise County in the City of Norton, VA, who was instrumental in bringing the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program to Virginia’s Russell County (Mission 2 to ISS) and Wise County (Mission 3 to ISS) provided the following exciting news– “The 2013 Virginia General Assembly passed […]
Breaking News – Meteoroid Event in Russian Urals
Given that SSEP operations are in the near Earth environment, we are reporting this morning an event that is likely to impact public opinion worldwide. Preliminary reports indicate that a meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere early Friday morning over Russia’s Ural Mountains at about 9:20 am local time (10:20 pm ET). An atmospheric blast, typical of […]
SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Certificates of Accomplishment: Teachers, Local Partners, and Individuals
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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In Recognition of All The Teachers and Administrators That Make SSEP Possible – A Teacher Certificate of Accomplishment
Since the first of six SSEP flight opportunities to date, on the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) back in May 2011, 18,500 grade 5-14 students have been fully engaged in experiment design and proposal writing, 4,347 proposals have been received from student teams, 53 flight experiments have flown on Space Shuttles or to […]
NEW: Science Return and Reporting Section on SSEP Website for Conference Presentations and Research Papers
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education have just launched a new web section at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite, which is dedicated to student team reporting on experiment design and science results. A main reporting page provides an overview of the new section […]
NASA FEATURE ARTICLE: Student Scientists Seek and Share Results From Space Station Studies
At NASA’s website, over at the International Space Station RESEARCH pages, there is a wonderful article on SSEP written this month by Jessica Nimon, the Research Communications Manager at the NASA ISS Program Science office at Johnson Space Center. The article highlights experimental findings from SSEP student research teams as reported at the July 2012 […]
In Our Own Words: “MAGICAL”, Interlake School Division, Manitoba, Canada – SSEP’s First International Community
Interlake School Division in Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada, is the first International SSEP community, and is one of 17 communities participating in Mission 3 to ISS. For International Communities, SSEP is sponsored by th Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education. Maria Nickel, the SSEP Community Program Director for Interlake, recently sent the email below to […]