Space Shuttle Endeavour is now in orbit on her final mission. Aboard her are 16 experiments designed by (grade 5-13) student scientists from 16 communities across America. Yet these experiments reflect only some of the students that took part in the first flight opportunity for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Thousands of students—in dozens […]
MDA Hand Off
The MDA was supposed to be handed off at 5:00 am this morning. Our experiment should be sitting on the shuttle now waiting for liftoff. Launch party will be held starting at 8:30 am. Tried find Tang to serve at … Continue reading →
Samples Arrived
The samples arrived this morning at 9:35. ITA called. Some of the eggs in the sample vial had hatched in transport and they could see tails moving. They asked if they wanted us to load those or if we wanted … Continue reading →
Samples Ship
A new set of samples were shipped today. We are hoping that the shuttle will launch on Monday.
MDA Change
ITA called today. There was a possibility that they would need to put less water in Well A and wanted to know our views on the impact of this on our experiment. We decided to put our eggs in Well B … Continue reading →
Our Finalists
After several hours of judging and debate, our team of experts have chosen our three finalists to be sent for the next round of judging. Congratulations to Nadia C. from 4th Grade, Eric C. and Eren F. from 5th Grade, … Continue reading →
Our Judges Hard at Work
We were so honored to have a team of science experts from some of Chicago’s finest institutions come today to evaluate our proposals. Thank you to all who participated!
The Proposals are In!
Today we collected our students’ proposals, about 100 of them! Everyone worked very hard and we can’t wait to read them all. Tomorrow is the big day, when we have judges coming from all over Chicago to choose our top … Continue reading →
Eggs
Damon from Americulture emailed me to see if he should set up a breeder tank or if we should use the more mature production tank eggs. We decided to go with the more mature production tank eggs. We had a … Continue reading →
Get Ready NOW for Fall 2011: Routine SSEP Operations Begin on the International Space Station
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, are proud to provide advanced word that starting in Fall 2011, the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program moves into Phase 2 with routine operations aboard the International Space Station (ISS)—America’s National Laboratory on the edge of space, and one of the most […]