The following stories have just been added to the SSEP In the News page at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite— National and International Student Scientists Fly Investigations to the Space Station Feature Article, International Space Station Research News, NASA.gov, May 25, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ssep.html One Last Student Endeavour Feature Article, NASA.gov, April 26, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/one-last-shuttle-endeavour.html […]
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Bo Lowery, SSEP Community Program Co-Director for Jefferson County, Kentucky, Picks Up Experiment Samples
Bo Lowery, the SSEP Community Program Co-Director for Jefferson County, Kentucky (The Academy @Shawnee), personally traveled to Kennedy Space Center to pick up the harvested experiment samples for their experiment The Effect of Micro-gravity on the Viability of Lactobacillus GG. Grades 9, 10, and 11, The Academy @Shawnee Principal Investigator: Jade Burton Co-Investigators: Ben Bommarrito, Alejandro Cid, Miranda […]
Atlantis on the Launch Pad
Space Shuttle Atlantis at the launch pad, getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch, and the final flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program with 11 SSEP Experiments aboard. Photo from @nasakennedy
A Status Report: Flight Experiment Samples that have Thus Far Shipped
ITA has informed NCESSE this morning that the samples harvested from 12 of 16 SSEP experiments were shipped yesterday via FedEx or UPS (the carrier requested by the flight experiment teams) for delivery today. Samples for the remaining 4 experiments will be shipped today for delivery tomorrow (June 3). This morning, NCESSE is contacting the […]
Endeavour HOME: ITA Receives SSEP Payload from NASA
Welcome back to Earth—back home—Mark, Greg, Mike, Greg, Andrew, and Roberto. We’ve been expecting you. Have you seen your landing yet? Here you go— At 6:25 am EDT this morning, ITA reported receiving the mini-laboratory payload from NASA that contains the experiments of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, a culmination of 20,000 grade 5-14 students […]
STS-134 Landing Trajectory for 2:35 am Attempt
Endeavour’s landing trajectory for 2:35 am EDT is provided on this graphic. Watch the landing live on NASA TV at SSEP. From the Orlando Sentinel: “The path of the landing attempt will take the shuttle across Central America and Mexico, into the Gulf of Mexico west of Cuba and across the state of Florida, coming […]
FINAL ROLLOUT OF SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO PAD 8:00 PM EDT, Tuesday, May 31, 2011
As Endeavour prepares for its final return to Earth, Atlantis makes the final rollout to the pad of America’s 30-year Space Shuttle program. Atlantis begins rollout at 8:00 PM, EDT May 31, 2011. For those tuned in to this Blog … that’…
To all SSEP Student Flight Experiment Teams Across the Nation: STAND BY! Endeavour Scheduled to Land at KSC 2:35 am EDT, June 1
OK, this is what you’ve all been waiting for. Your experiments are currently scheduled to return to Earth on Endeavour at 2:35 am EDT, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. ITA is now ready to receive the payload at the NASA Space Life Sciences (SLS) Lab at KSC, and begin harvesting operations. NASA informed ITA to expect […]
11:55 pm EDT: Endeavour Leaves ISS for Final Time
Live coverage of Endeavour separation in progress at Spaceflight Now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/status.html
SSEP is Proud to Announce the Student Proposals Selected for Spaceflight on STS-135, the Final Flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program
We believe that learners must see themselves in the stories we tell, and experience scientific exploration through their own involvement. We also believe that it takes a community to educate a child… and a network of communities to reach a generation. From: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director Center Director, National Center for Earth […]