Yesterday we received a special thank you from the parents of Michael Prince, a Co-Principal Investigator on a Mission 1 flight experiment to the International Space Station. Michael is a 5th grader at Parker Elementary School in Houston. Michael’s dad points to “great teachers, schools and programs like this”. We may have supplied the program […]
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Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Inspires With Mission 1
To all students that are participating in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS, and participated in SSEP on Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis, I think this post might help reaffirm the notion that you were called upon to be scientists and stepped to the plate in amazing ways. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program has been honored for […]
The International Space Station Passes in Front of the Moon
Everyone following the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, and especially those participating in Mission 1 to ISS, will go “OH WOW” when looking at this composite photograph capturing ISS flying across the face of the Moon. It was taken on January 4, 2012, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Mission 1 student flight teams, that’s where your […]
Grade 5-14 Student Researcher Microgravity Experiments Selected to Fly in March 2012 to the International Space Station
Private Sector STEM Education Effort Offers Real On-Orbit Research Opportunity for Students For Immediate Release January 5, 2012 Program Description Video Clip The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, announces the selection of 15 microgravity experiments to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Soyuz […]
December 21: Comet Lovejoy from the International Space Station
Christmas Week on the International Space Station— Reprinted from NASA Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Come International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy from about 240 miles above the Earth’s horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Burbank described seeing the comet two nights ago as “the most amazing thing I […]
We Have Just Crossed the T-Minus 100 Day Milestone for Launch of Aquarius, the SSEP Mission 1 Payload to ISS
We did not want this milestone to go un-noticed. UPDATE: All flight experiments for SSEP Mission 1 to ISS have now been selected, and NCESSE and NanoRacks are working hard to complete the final flight samples list (fluids and solids) to be flown by the student research teams. The list, due today to NanoRacks, will […]
SSEP Mission 1 to the ISS Flight Experiment FAQ
As the student teams have been preparing their experiment proposals for the SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station, we have been fielding questions about various aspects of the process, from the basic operation of the Fluids Mixing Enclosure to details on completing the proposal. As we address these questions, the answers are not […]
Important Information About Thermal Control for SSEP Mission 1 Experiments
To SSEP student researchers and their Teacher Facilitators We have had a number of questions from student teams regarding the available thermal control (temperature control) for the Mission 1 mini-labs. NCESSE’s Dr. Harri Vanhala has been providing answers, and updating the Mission 1 FAQ. These questions have revealed a problem with the wording on the […]
Announcing Communities Participating in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS, and NEW Flight Opportunity, Mission 2 to ISS
Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the New SSEP Homepage Subscribe to receive email updates on the SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. 92 Schools in 12 U.S. Communities Participating in Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 1 to […]
Something Different – For SSEP Teachers Across America: We’ve Got To Be That Light
In March 2011, I had the wonderful honor of giving the Keynote Address to 6,000 teachers of science at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference in San Francisco. The talk, “Science, it’s Not a Book of Knowledge … it’s a Journey” was about the nature of human exploration, and that science education—indeed all […]