Student Microgravity Experiments Selected to Fly Aboard First Operational Flight of SpaceX Dragon in September 2012

  11 Experiments Chosen from over 1,100 Proposed will Fly to International Space Station Via Commercial STEM Education Initiative For Immediate Release June 7, 2012 Program Description Video Clip NEW NASA video on SSEP Download a PDF of this Release WASHINGTON – The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with […]

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NCESSE and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Present the Student Research Teams Attending the 2012 SSEP National Conference, July 2-3

                      The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) are proud to present the student research teams presenting at the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2012. Student teams from three SSEP […]

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Real Spaceflight All the Time, the Adventure Continues: Problem with SSEP Mission 1 Aquarius Payload

On Friday, June 1, 2012, at 8:32 am EDT, the communication below was sent to all SSEP Community Program Directors for Mission 1 to ISS, and to all Teacher Facilitators for student research teams with a flight experiment contained in the Aquarius payload aboard ISS. There are many students following along with the flight of […]

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SSEP In the News Update: Extensive Media Coverage of SSEP Mission 1 to ISS on SpaceX Dragon

This past week saw the historic launch of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, and the first berthing of a commercial vehicle with the International Space Station. The Aquarius payload of SSEP Mission 1 to ISS experiments was the only science payload aboard. There was extensive media coverage of the flight of Aquarius on Dragon, reflecting the […]

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VIDEO: NASA ISS Associate Program Scientist Tara Ruttley Talks About the Power of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program for STEM Education

The following video is from SPACEPORTS, May 23, 2012. NASA Public Affairs Office commentator Pat Ryan talks with Dr. Tara Ruttley, ISS Associate Program Scientist, about the science payload carried in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the impact of commercial cargo ships on science activities and the ISS Research & Development Conference in June 2012. Most of […]

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Live Coverage of Dragon Undocking, Reentry, and Splashdown Tomorrow Morning, May 31, 2012 – Note SSEP Mission 1 Aquarius Payload Not Aboard

NASA TV will be providing live coverage of the return to Earth of the Dragon spacecraft. If you’ve been following this historic flight, you might want to tune in, and this post includes a live NASA TV video window. Below the video window is the official NASA Media Advisory for Dragon Coverage. Note that the […]

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SSEP on SpaceX Picked up by SPACE.com

  Hmmm … anybody recognize these patches? Can you say … cool?         SPACE.com http://www.space.com/15720-spacex-dragon-launch-student-experiments.html  MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47452886#.T7Q5R-3lP0N  YAHOO! http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launching-student-experiments-emblems-1st-space-station-220555112.html   SSEP is undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks LLC. This on-orbit, real research opportunity for students is enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is working in […]

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Invitation to the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, July 2-3, 2012

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) are proud to host the 2012 SSEP National Conference at the Museum on July 2 and 3, 2012. All students and student teams that were engaged in SSEP experiment design and proposal writing—across all four SSEP flight opportunities to […]

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The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.