Last revised: August 15, 2024
Mission 17 Media Articles: 69
National and International Coverage
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29; Falcon 9 Block 5
Everyday Astronaut, November 9, 2023
https://everydayastronaut.com/dragon-crs-2-spx-29-falcon-9-block-5/
SpaceX CRS-29 Mission Overview
ISS National Lab, October 30, 2023
https://www.issnationallab.org/spxcrs29-mission-overview/
Local and Regional Coverage
Hillsborough County, Florida
VIDEO: Tampa Bay Area Students Send Experiments to International Space Station
WFLA News Channel 8, November 9, 2023
https://www.wfla.com/glance-at-the-galaxy/tampa-bay-area-students-send-experiments-to-international-space-station/
Ocala, Florida
VIDEO: Liftoff: Science Projects by Students from 5 Florida Schools Headed to Space
NPR – WUFT, March 3, 2023
https://www.wuft.org/news/2023/03/03/liftoff-science-projects-by-students-from-5-florida-schools-headed-to-space/
Marion County sixth grader’s science experiment headed to International Space Station
Ocala News, February 16, 2023
https://www.ocala-news.com/2023/02/16/marion-county-sixth-graders-science-experiment-headed-to-international-space-station/
Osprey, Florida
Shoot for the Stars
SRQ Magazine, January 2, 2024
https://www.srqmagazine.com/articles/1961/Shoot-for-the-Stars
Four Sarasota County to See Lab Experiment Launched into Orbit on a SpaceX Rocket
Herald-Tribune, November 7, 2023
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2023/11/07/sarasota-countys-pine-view-school-students-experiment-flying-to-international-space-station/71435693007/
Pine View School Students to Send Experiments to Space
WWSB ABC 7, November 7, 2023
https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/11/07/pine-view-school-students-send-experiments-space/
Pine View School and Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 17
SRQ Magazine, November 2, 2023
https://www.srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/2023-11-02/22859_Pine-View-School-and-Student-Spaceflight-Experiment-Program-SSEP-Mission-17
Art Patch Competition Open to All PV 2-12 Grade Students!
Sarasota County Schools, August 11, 2022
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/cms/lib/FL50000189/Centricity/ModuleInstance/4086/SSEP%20Art%20Patch.pdf
Viera, Florida
AUDIO: Brevard Students Sent Horseshoe Crab Blood to Outer Space, Here’s Why:
WMFE, February 6, 2024
https://www.wmfe.org/education/2024-02-06/brevard-students-sent-crab-blood-outer-space-ecoli
Space Coast Middle Schoolers Sending Experiment to ISS
Spectrum News 13, November 10, 2023
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/11/10/student-experiment-iss
Pine View School Students’ Science Project to Travel to Space
Your Observer, November 6, 2023
https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2023/nov/06/pine-view-school-students-science-project-travel-space/
‘Bacteria Boys’ from Brevard County Middle School Launch their Experiment to Space
ISS National Laboratory, November 6, 2023
https://www.issnationallab.org/iss360-spx29-ssep-pinecrest-academy/
VIDEO: Space Coast Students to Send Experiment to ISS
WFTV, November 3, 2023
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/space-coast-students-send-experiment-iss/ONAZOTHVFBGDFB6PWK4TJXT5QE/
Pinecrest Academy Space Coast Middle School Student Experiment ‘Bacteria Boys’ Launches into Space
Viera Voice, August 1, 2022
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2023/11/pinecrest-academy-space-coast-middle-school-student-experiment-bacteria-boys-launches-into-space/
Pinecrest Academy to Partner with NASA
Space Coast Daily, November 2, 2023
https://www.vieravoice.com/schools/pinecrest-academy-to-partner-with-nasa/article_c80c6660-11a0-11ed-b326-7f33f41ac81a.html
Grayslake, Illinois
CLC Students Take Flight in Outer Space with Microgravity Experiments
CLC College News, April 24, 2023
https://www.clcillinois.edu/aboutclc/news/2023/04/24/clc-students-take-flight-in-outer-space-with-microgravity-experiments/
Lake Charles, Louisiana
F.K. White Trio Wins Ultimate STEM Prize, Experiment Chosen to go up to International Space Station
American Press, June 27, 2022
https://www.americanpress.com/2022/06/27/f-k-white-trio-wins-ultimate-stem-prize-experiment-chosen-to-go-up-to-international-space-station/
Edina, Minnesota
Preparing for Takeoff: Edina Students’ Experiment to be Launched in Space
Hometown Source, November 2, 2023
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/edina/preparing-for-takeoff-edina-students-experiment-to-be-launched-in-space/article_ec5c5c98-78e0-11ee-b9bf-dba48873fc3e.html
Space-Bound Experiment Announced
The Sun Current, December 21, 2022
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/edina/space-bound-experiment-announced/article_f9f231e8-8089-11ed-851b-0b7a55cae765.html
Edina Schools’ Finalists for Space Experiment Announced
The Sun Current, November 21, 2022
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/edina/edina-schools-finalists-for-space-experiment-announced/article_df5cb01c-69bc-11ed-bfa0-371de1b19116.html
Edina 8th Graders Selected as Finalists to Send Science Experiment to Space
KSTP Channel 5, November 16, 2022
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/edina-8th-graders-selected-as-finalists-to-send-science-experiment-to-space/
Edina Students’ Experiment will Blast Off into Space
The Sun Current, November 11, 2022
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/edina/edina-students-experiment-will-blast-off-into-space/article_e351dc52-61cd-11ed-b700-cbd44f952e48.html
EPS STEAM Learning Goes into Orbit Next Year
Edina Public Schools, May 26, 2022
https://www.edinaschools.org/abouteps/edina-news/news-story/~board/district-news/post/eps-steam-learning-goes-into-orbit-next-year/
Buffalo/Niagara, New York
VIDEO: Wellsville Fifth Graders Make History with Space Project
The Wellsville Sun, February 27, 2023
https://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2023/02/27/wellsville-fifth-graders-make-history-with-space-project-video-and-hear-from-the-kids/?fbclid=IwAR2LSJ4fJQFFVNauKjIeRqa20ecAAe6YvV0tBVma5R_sEXv3ust3nzLzlJA/
Garden City, New York
Garden City Middle School is Going to Space Again!
The Garden City News, December 22, 2022
https://www.gcnews.com/articles/garden-city-middle-school-is-going-to-space-again/
Garden City Middle School Is Going To Space Again
The Patch, December 21, 2022
https://patch.com/new-york/gardencity/garden-city-middle-school-going-space-again/
Long Beach, New York
<strongMission Patch Art and Design Winners
Long Beach Public Schools, April 4, 2024
https://www.lbeach.org/news/article.aspx?id=175916
Microgravity Tests to go to Space
Newsday, February 5, 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AN-Ku_o-GbQGlcVT9sVLj9sYo4DFfJAL/view?pli=1
Long Beach Sixth Graders Experiment will get Launched into Space
Long Beach Public Schools, January 5, 2023
http://www.lbeach.org/news/story.aspx?id=164942
Lynbrook, New York
Student Project is Out of this World
LI Herald.com, December 1, 2023
https://www.liherald.com/lynbrook/stories/student-project-is-out-of-this-world,202655?
Winners Announced in Art Patch Contest
LI Herald, April 2, 2023
https://www.liherald.com/lynbrook/stories/winners-announced-in-art-patch-contest,171650?
Lynbrook Finalists Chosen for Project L.I.F.T.O.F.F.
LI Herald, November 18, 2022
https://www.liherald.com/lynbrook/stories/lynbrook-finalists-chosen-for-project-liftoff,151384?
Norwood, New York
Harrisville Students Share Results of their Space Mission Experiments
NNY360, February 21, 2024
https://www.nny360.com/communitynews/education/harrisville-students-share-results-of-their-space-mission-experiments/article_c3d53235-4567-53ba-b78c-a5b9030b81be.html
Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 17 Carried to Space in Recent Launch
Clarkson University, January 9, 2024
https://www.clarkson.edu/news-events/student-spaceflight-experiments-program-mission-17-carried-space-recent-launch
Harrisville Students Experiment Launches on NASA Space Shuttle
North Country Now, December 9, 2023
https://www.northcountrynow.com/stories/harrisville-students-experiment-launches-on-nasa-space-shuttle,216642
Harrisville Students Create Experiment for NASA Space Mission
NNY360, December 9, 2023
https://www.nny360.com/kidscontent/harrisville-students-create-experiment-for-nasa-space-mission/article_a916b208-2640-5651-ad84-71b31b731302.html
Harrisville Student Science Experiment Blasts into Space
InformNY.com, December 6, 2023
https://www.informnny.com/abc50-now/harrisville-student-science-experiment-blasts-into-space/
Harrisville Students Have Winning Experiment for Clarkson NASA Mission
North Country Now.com, March 22, 2023
https://www.northcountrynow.com/news/harrisville-students-have-winning-experiment-clarkson-nasa-mission-0336834/
Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 17 Update at Clarkson
Clarkson University, March 20, 2023
https://www.clarkson.edu/news/student-spaceflight-experiments-program-mission-17-update-clarkson/
Another Harrisville Student Experiment Bound for Space
NNY360.com, March 13, 2023
https://www.nny360.com/kidscontent/another-harrisville-student-experiment-bound-for-space/article_99e3fe1f-9dc9-554c-8a2a-da79bda5dbe1.html/
Red Hook, New York
Hudson Valley Students’ Project Going on NASA Space Flight
101.5 WPDH, June 7, 2023
https://wpdh.com/red-hook-students-project-nasa-international-space-station/
Red Hook Students’ Experiment Headed for International Space Station, District Says
Daily Freeman, June 2, 2023
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2023/06/02/red-hook-students-experiment-headed-for-international-space-station-district-says/
RHHS Students’ Experiment Headed for Space
Red Hook Central Schools, June 2, 2023
https://www.redhookcentralschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=7760&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=15813&PageID=1/
Erie, Pennsylvania
Iroquois Junior-Senior High School Students Launch Project into Space
Erie News Now, November 21, 2023
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50042499/iroquois-elementary-students-launch-project-into-space
Iroquois Students are on a Mission to Send an Experiment to International Space Station
GoErie.com, October 20, 2022
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/education/2022/10/20/iroquois-elementary-students-working-with-international-space-station-experiments-erie-pennsylvania/69541105007/
Iroquois School District Students Given Chance to Have Experiment Performed on Space Station
Erie News Now, September 9, 2022
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/47255327/iroquois-school-district-students-given-chance-to-have-experiment-performed-on-space-station/
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Community College of Allegheny County
Parkway West CTC Students’ Artwork Headed for Space
Trib Live.com, April 17, 2023
https://triblive.com/local/parkway-west-ctc-students-artwork-headed-for-space/
VIDEO: Students at CCAC Sending Experiments to Space
CBS News Pittsburgh, March 22, 2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/students-at-ccac-sending-experiments-to-space/
CCAC students selected to launch cancer experiment into space
WESA – Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station, February 6, 2023
https://www.wesa.fm/education/2023-02-06/ccac-students-selected-to-launch-cancer-experiment-into-space/
The Community College of Allegheny County is Participating in a National Space Program
WESA – Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station, October 4, 2022
https://www.wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/2022-10-04/counties-can-legally-help-voters-fix-minor-errors-on-mail-ballots-a-pa-judge-rules/
Burleson, Texas
KMS Team’s Experiment is Ready for Launch to International Space Station
Burleson Independent School District, October 27, 2023
https://www.burlesonisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=1024&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=13688&PageID=1
Ector County, Texas
The Student Spaceflight Experiment Program Prepares for Launch
Show Time CY, November 10, 2023
https://www.showtimecy.com/en/news/student-designed-experiment-from-ecisd-to-launch-thursday-night-from-spacex-crs-29-rocket/
VIDEO: Student-designed Experiment from ECISD to Launch Thursday Night from SpaceX CRS-29 Rocket
NewsWest Channel 9, November 9, 2023
https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/education/student-designed-experiment-from-ecisd-to-launch-thursday-night-from-spacex-crs-29-rocket/513-599ee78f-211e-4409-98b0-27a96141c369
SSEP Mission 17 Experiment and Mission Patches Blasting Off to Space Tonight
OA Online, November 9, 2023
https://www.oaoa.com/local-news/ssep-mission-17-experiment-and-mission-patches-blasting-off-to-space-tonight/
SSEP Mission 17 Experiment and Mission Patches Blasting Off to Space Tonight
Yahoo! Finance, November 9, 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ssep-mission-17-experiment-mission-010200253.html
NTO Facilitator Earns Secondary Teacher of the Year Honors
Yahoo! News, June 24, 2023
https://news.yahoo.com/nto-facilitator-earns-secondary-teacher-000200973.html/
STEM Academy Space Experiment Winners Recognized
Yahoo! News, April 2, 2023
https://news.yahoo.com/stem-academy-space-experiment-winners-035900597.html/
ECISD students send experiment to International Space Station
CBS 7, January 6, 2023
https://www.cbs7.com/2023/01/06/ecisd-students-send-experiment-international-space-station/
STEM Academy students selected to send science experiment to space
Odessa American, January 6, 2023
https://www.oaoa.com/local-news/stem-academy-students-selected-to-send-science-experiment-to-space/
McKinney, Texas
Collin College Student Experiment Selected for Trip to ISS
North Dallas Gazette, January 13, 2023
https://northdallasgazette.com/2023/01/11/collin-college-student-experiment-selected-for-trip-to-iss/
Celina News Roundup: Student Experiment to be sent to Space
Celina Record, December 27, 2022
https://starlocalmedia.com/celinarecord/celina-news-roundup-student-experiment-to-be-sent-to-space/article_bad8015e-862e-11ed-b457-bfbb97114251.html
Collin College Student Experiment Selected for Trip to International Space Station
Dallas City Wire, December 26, 2022
https://dallascitywire.com/stories/637701784-collin-college-student-experiment-selected-for-trip-to-international-space-station/
Texarkana, Texas
Plano News Roundup
Plano Star Courier, January 6, 2023
https://starlocalmedia.com/planocourier/plano-news-roundup-registration-open-for-winter-and-spring-classes/article_b6a063c0-8ba5-11ed-a55c-ef94a65b0cb2.html
VIDEO: Seventh graders in Texarkana chosen to work with NASA program
KSLA News 12, December 17, 2022
https://www.ksla.com/2022/12/17/seventh-graders-texarkana-chosen-work-with-nasa-program/
TISC Student Researcher Project Selected for Microgravity Experiment at the International Space Station
Four States Living, December 16, 2022
https://www.fourstatesliving.com/latest-news/2022/12/16/tisd-student-research-project-selected-for-microgravity-experiment-at-the-international-space-station/
Liftoff: Another TISD student research project bound for space station
Texarkana Gazette, December 16, 2022
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2022/dec/16/liftoff-another-tisd-student-research-project/
iForward-Grantsburg, Wisconsin
iForward Conducts Competition for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 17
Burnett County Sentinel, June 24, 2023
https://www.burnettcountysentinel.com/news/iforward-conducts-competition-for-the-student-space-flight-experiments-program-mission-17/article_047ab706-1050-11ee-ab35-b35510064696.html/