We have just completed the Live Coverage of SSEP on STS-134 page. Please visit the page to see all the (way cool) available resources. We now have Student Voices of Mission Control operational for 8 communities: Shelton, Lincolnwood, El Paso, Chicago (WELCOME ABOARD SSEP, CHICAGO!), Broward County, and Crown Point (WELCOME ABOARD SSEP, CROWN POINT!), […]
SSEP Experiment Loading in MDA starting 3:15 pm EDT – Watch Live
Watch LIVE! You might see Nick Fingland, Ron Jones, and John Cassanto. The lower MDA block is loaded first. Then the MDA upper block is loaded. There are 3 Type 1 Experiment Slots, which are all loaded in the upper block. Loading sequence for MDA lower block, starting about 3:!5 pm EDT (13 Type 2-Prime lower wells): Orange County, […]
Meet Shuttle Endeavour’s Six-man Crew
Here is a good overview of the STS-134 crew with links. See: Meet shuttle Endeavour’s six-man crew, Spaceflight Now, April 25, 2011.
No News Is Good News
There were no phone calls recieved from ITA after we dropped off the samples so we are assuming that no news is good news and that the loading of the samples went well. We did find it quite amusing that … Continue reading →
Avicenna Students Spend Time at IUN
Today Avicenna’s members of the AASCC took a field trip to Indiana University Northwest to explore the lab space and learn a little bit about embryonic development (amongst other things!) from Dr.Harold Olivey. The children were able to get a much closer … Continue reading →
LIVE VIDEO FEED from Payload Processing Lab at NASA KSC for SSEP Experiments
STS-134 SSEP experiments being integrated into the MDA mini-laboratory at the NASA Space Life Sciences Lab. Jump to live feed: http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/live-coverage-of-ssep-on-sts-134/video-coverage-of-sts-134/ Send the link to friends and …
Endeavour Astronauts Arrive for Launch – Photogallery
See Spaceflight Now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/110426gallery/
Samples in Lab this PM
Here is a photo of the samples in the lab this afternoon. They are in the box on the left of the table. They will be moved from this lab to another more high tech lab this afternoon to be … Continue reading →
Florida Samples have been delivered
Science Coordinator Diane Irwin sent a note that they have just handed off the samples at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Center. 3 days to go…………
Control Vials Loaded Today at School
The 5th grade team loaded the control unit at the school this morning. They received a final shipment of eggs from AmeriCulture and went right to work preparing samples for the MDA control unit.