We have just added two new pages at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite. There is now a page titled “Selected Experiments on STS-134″, and a page “In Our Own Words” which captures thoughts from students, teachers, administrators, and funders on what the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program means to their community. If what you read on […]
Fluids and Compatability Test Update
ITA changed the schedule from starting the test on 12/30 to starting the test on 12/29. The samples now have to arrive by the end of the day on 12/28. They have agreed to make an exemption for our eggs … Continue reading →
IMPORTANT NEW PAGE Dedicated to the Requirements of the Upcoming Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test
To all student flight experiment teams- As NCESSE received detailed information regarding the upcoming ITA Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test, we passed that information along in posts on this Blog, and created a new FAQ section dedicated to the test. But it has lead to basic information being disseminated piecemeal, and spread across multiple locations on this […]
Critical Update on Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test
This is a critical reminder to student flight experiment teams that the deadline for arrival at ITA of your experiment’s fluids and solids is December 27, 2010. Please re-read THIS EARLIER Blog Post for details. Key point: the fluids and solids submitted must precisely match the formal list of your experiment’s fluids and solids that […]
The Winning Experiment: Murine Myoblasts
The winning experiment was designed by six of Mrs. Bridges’s fifth grade students. Their question was “What is the Effect of Microgravity on the Growth Rate of Murine Myoblasts?” It was designed by Copper Mill Elementary 5th grade Co-Principal Investigators Alexis Albert, Grace Dry, Madison Russell, and Leanne Sorrel, Co-Investigators Tyler Jackson and Jake O’Brien […]
Fluids and Compatibility Test
We received word that the materials for fluids and compatibility test need to be at ITA by December 29th, not the 27th. AmeriCulture feels much better about meeting this deadline. They are going to pull the eggs from one of … Continue reading →
We found eggs!!!
AmeriCulture in Santa Fe, NM said that they would be able to provide Tilapia eggs for us for both the fluids and compatibility test as well as the actual experiment. We are so excited. At the same time we also … Continue reading →
SSEP Step 2 National Review Board Comments Being Sent to Communities 1 Week Early, Allowing Student Teams to De-Brief Before Holidays
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE; http://ncesse.org) is today sending the formal Step 2 Review Board comments back to the student teams for the 43 finalist proposals reviewed. NCESSE has worked to get the comments back a week in advance of the scheduled December 15 deadline so that proposing teams, lead […]
Santa Fe Phone Call
We received a voice message from the contact that Cornell University provided us in Santa Fe, NM. Were were really hopeful about this possibility. It was too late to call today but we would definitely call tomorrow.
Delay of STS-134 Launch, and December 2010 Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test – Vital for Student Experiments Chosen for Flight – PROCEEDING as Previously Scheduled
Last Friday, December 3, 2010, a NASA press conference addressed the ongoing problems with STS-133, the final flight of Shuttle Discovery, which was originally to launch in November 2010. Discovery’s launch has now been delayed until at least February 3, 2011. The impact on STS-134, Shuttle Endeavour’s final flight carrying the SSEP student experiments, is […]