The SSEP Community Network is comprised of the 40 communities that have taken part in the four SSEP flight opportunities to date—16 participated in SSEP on STS-134, the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, 11 participated in SSEP on STS-135, the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and of the U.S. Space Shuttle program, 12 are participating in SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station (ISS), and 11 are participating in Mission 2 to ISS. This reflects a total of 50 SSEP programs for 40 communities. It is worth noting that 9 communities have now participated in multiple flight opportunities—8 communities have participated in two flights, and one community has participated in three flights.
Each community has its own unique approach to their SSEP community experience. In each community, the leadership defines how SSEP is to address their strategic goals in STEM education, the number of schools and grade levels participating, and the number of students being given the opportunity to not only participate in the Flight Experiment Design Competition (see the Selected Experiments on STS-134, STS-135, and Mission 1 to ISS), but also the larger SSEP Community Engagement Program, which includes, e.g., the Mission Patch Design Competition (see the Mission Patches selected for flight on STS-134, STS-135, and Mission 1 to ISS, the Mission Patch Competition page for Mission 2 to ISS.)
In honor of all the partner institutions that enable SSEP at the community level—OVER 200: school districts, private schools, NASA Space Grant lead institutions and other universities, businesses, foundations, private philanthropists, and local research institutions providing science advisors—we present the following Community Profiles and Local Partners pages. A heartfelt thank you and congratulations to all the institutions and individuals that are introducing the frontiers of human exploration—and real science—to grade 5-16 students across America.
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Community Profiles and Local Partners: SSEP Mission 2 to ISS page
Community Profiles and Local Partners: SSEP Mission 1 to ISS page
