Joe from Blackwater Creek Koi Farm hand delivered our samples to Kennedy Space Center this morning. Thanks, Joe! We were so excited to learn that the fish Joe used for our eggs are a special breed of goldfish that are … Continue reading →
A Pretty Powerful Update to the Official SSEP In Our Own Words Page
At this SSEP National Blog, we recently began posting “In Our Own Words” essays from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) leadership around the nation, providing insight into what this program has meant to the participating students, teachers, families, and communities. The idea for these special posts grew from interest expressed by the leadership in […]
Sent!!! (Phew)
Last week we got an email with a simple subject line and attached photo that captured one community’s journey. It was from Amanda Arceo, SSEP Community Program Director for Crown Point, Indiana. Anybody else share her excitement (and relief)? The Avicenna Academy Science Community Collaboration is sending two species of paramecium into space to fight it out aboard […]
In Our Own Words – Hartford, Connecticut: Transforming Teachers Through Inquiry, One Teacher’s Story
Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School, Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut, is participating in SSEP on STS-135. Their flight experiment, Microgravity’s Effect on Tomato Growth, is scheduled to blast off on Atlantis on July 8. Their participation in this historic flight is made possible by Hamilton Sundstrand, the Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium, Hartford Public Schools, and […]
T Minus 89 Hours
What progress!!! Our SSEPers have worked hard to finish prepping their samples for flight. We had a few hiccups in prep (real life science!!!!), but they were able to get back on track. I have plenty of photographs to share, … Continue reading →
Final Update of STS-135 Launch Plan for Nearly 300 SSEP Attendees at NASA Kennedy Space Center
Are you getting excited yet? The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education has just completed the final update of the Launch Plans for STS-135 page at the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) website. This update provides new information on breakfast and lunch provided to SSEP attendees at KARS Park on July 8, and […]
In Our Own Words – Zachary Louisiana: Science Became the Language of Zachary
Circe Bridges, the Teacher Facilitator for the STS-134 flight experiment from Zachary, LA, wanted to share the following at the SSEP National Blog— Participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program has been an exponential chain of opportunities for not only the students involved, but the entire community of Zachary, Louisiana. The initial opportunity allowed students […]
Final Update for SSEP National Conference in Washington, DC, July 6 and 7, 2011: Everyone Interested in SSEP Should Read This
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) have finished updating the SSEP National Conference webpage, which now includes a complete schedule for the conference, a list of all featured presentations, a list of all student team presentations, conference expectations, and important information for […]
STS-135 Experiment Details Finalized
NCESSE is pleased to announce that the SSEP teams flying experiments on STS-135 have finalized their experiment designs, and the final concentrations of all experiment samples, as well as other details of the experiments, have been approved by ITA and NanoRacks. The experiments are now ready for flight! This week, the student teams are shipping […]
Sunrise on Atlantis
A beautiful picture from NASA’s website.