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 […]
Launch Date May 16th
We recieved word from ITA that the launch date has been changed. The samples will now be due by 10:30 am on May 13th.
10:30 am EDT May 6, 2011: Important STS-134 Launch Update – NET May 16
NCESSE was informed by NanoRacks and ITA this morning that NASA has revised the launch of STS-134 to No Earlier Than (NET) May 16, which is now a more than 2 week delay relative to the original April 29 launch date. The timeline for payload prep and handover to NASA must now drive against a […]
8:00 pm May 5, 2011: STS-134 Launch
NCESSE received word from NanoRacks/ITA late this afternoon that today’s meeting at NASA did not establish a definitive launch date, and that the launch is now defined as No Earlier Than (NET) May 12, which is a change from this morning’s No Earlier Than May 10. Our payload operations must therefore drive against a May […]
Still No Word
We still haven’t heard an update on whether the launch has been moved or not. We have decided to play it safe and ship a set of samples.
Important Information for STS-135 Finalist Proposals: Read this Post Before Submitting to NCESSE
Three finalist proposals from each of the communities participating in SSEP on STS-135 are due to NCESSE NO LATER THAN 10:00 PM EDT MAY 13, 2011. As can be seen from the Critical Timeline, milestones for: finalist proposal submission, to selection of flight experiments, to winning team submissions of samples for the Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test, […]