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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We created the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) to help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, and in terms of science literacy, to provide students an authentic view of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We believe SSEP is making a difference, with now nearly 6,000 grade 5-14 students fully immersed in science […]

For those following along with the flight of the Antares and Aquarius II experiments payloads, on Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:15 pm ET, Commander Sunita Williams conducted the final scheduled interactions with the SSEP payloads. Two experiments were activated, one shaken, and three de-activated. A complete catalog of all on-orbit interactions is found in the Experiments Log. […]

If you missed the webcast of the November 15, 2012, video-conference between Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Leland Melvin at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and 9,500 students of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, then we have good news! It is now available, in […]

November 15, 2012 RELEASE: 12-401 STUDENTS CONDUCT LIVE CONVERSATION WITH ORBITING NASA ASTRONAUTS WASHINGTON – More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) took part in a live video downlink with International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. The long-distance conversation took place Thursday at […]