Note that this Challenge is covered as part of the program start Skype for your community’s Local Team of Mission 11 educators. These Skypes for the Mission 11 communities are being conducted by SSEP National Program Director Dr. Jeff Goldstein through Wednesday, September 21, 2016. This blog post is for teachers in the 21 communities […]
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The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 11 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s and Canada’s Space Programs, NASA Johnson Style (with Some One Direction)
It’s been a space program tradition since Mission 5 to ISS. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style. We can’t imagine a better video to get students (and teachers) in the frame of mind to start Mission 11 to ISS. To all Mission 11 Community Program Directors and […]
SSEP Mission 11 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 13,500 Participating Students Across 21 Communities in the U.S. and Canada
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 11 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the thirteenth SSEP flight opportunity since program inception in […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP M8 Kitty Hawk, Launching on SpaceX CRS-9, July 18, 2016, 12:45 am EDT
The SSEP Mission 8 to ISS flight experiments payload Kitty Hawk is scheduled to launch tomorrow, Monday, July 18, 2016, at 12:45 am EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-9. SSEP Kitty Hawk is comprised of 15 microgravity experiments. The night launch of the Falcon 9 rocket […]
WATCH LIVE: The Flight OF SSEP M7 Odyssey II – Return to Earth, May 11, 2016
The SSEP Mission 7 to ISS flight experiments payload Odyssey II was launched on April 8, 2016, at 4:43 pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-8. The Dragon spacecraft was captured at ISS at 7:23 am EDT, April 10, 2016. On-orbit flight operations for the 25 experiments comprising Odyssey II were conducted on […]
How to See ISS Fly Over Your Town – While the Mission 7 Odyssey II Experiments Are Aboard
Teachers, please pass this post on to your students so they may explore this remarkable sighting opportunity with their parents and families. Depending on your location you might be able to see the International Space Station fly over your town while Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 Odyssey II experiments are aboard. Odyssey II […]
VIDEO: In Honor of the Launch of Mission 7 Odyssey II at 4:43 pm EDT Today, Breathtaking ‘Time Lapse Earth’, Filmed by Astronauts Aboard ISS
Today marks the ultimate milestone in the lifecycle of a SSEP Mission – launch day. In this case, the launch of the Odyssey II payload of Mission 7 flight experiments. Today we depart Earth and truly venture to the frontiers of space, and in celebration, we thought it would be a good time to share this video by […]
WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP M7 Odyssey II, Launching on SpaceX CRS-8, April 8, 2016, 4:43 pm EDT
The SSEP Mission 7 to ISS flight experiments payload Odyssey II is scheduled to launch tomorrow, Friday April 8, 2016, at 4:43 pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, aboard SpaceX CRS-8. If there is a scrub, NASA will recycle to Saturday, April 9, 2016, with launch at 4:20 pm EDT. The launch […]
SSEP FLIGHT OPERATIONS UPDATE: The Flight of Odyssey II, the SSEP Mission 7 Payload Launching April 8, 4:43 pm ET
At 4:43 pm EDT, Friday, April 8, 2016, SpaceX CRS-8 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, adjoining NASA’s Kennedy Space Center en route to the International Space Station. Aboard the Dragon spacecraft will be the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Odyssey II payload of 25 student experiments. These experiments were originally […]
SSEP FLIGHT OPERATIONS UPDATE: The Flight of Odyssey II, the SSEP Mission 7 Payload Launching April 8, 4:43 pm ET
At 4:43 pm EDT, Friday, April 8, 2016, SpaceX CRS-8 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, adjoining NASA’s Kennedy Space Center en route to the International Space Station. Aboard the Dragon spacecraft will be the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Odyssey II payload of 25 student experiments. These experiments were originally […]