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Last update of this page: September 4, 2018, 9:12 am EDT
Payload Ferry Flights and ISS Crew Data
Ferry Vehicle to ISS: SpaceX-15
Launch Date: June 29, 2018, 5:42 am ET (useful reference NASA Consolidated Launch Schedule at nasa.gov)
Crew: none
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Berthing at ISS: July 1, 2018, 6:54 am ET
Launch Date History:
Initial Launch Date: June 6, 2018
Rescheduled to:June 9, 2018
Rescheduled to: June 28, 2018
Rescheduled to: June 29, 2018, 5:42 am ET
Ferry Vehicle for Return to Earth: SpaceX-15
Crew: none
Unberth/Landing Date: August 3, 2018
Landing Site: splashdown off the Pacific Coast of California
Payload Duration on ISS: 4.5 weeks
Notable: visit the NASA ISS website for a comprehensive overview of ISS construction, on-orbit research, operations, crews, and multimedia galleries; read about the SpaceX Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft at nasa.gov
ISS Crew for SSEP Mission 12 Payload Operations: Expedition 56-57 (see Expeditions Schedule at nasa.gov)
Commander Drew Feustel (USA;Twitter: @Astro_Feustel; Instagram:astro_feustel); Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev (Russia; Twitter: @OlegMKS; Instagram: olegmks); Ricky Arnold (USA; Twitter: @astro_ricky; Instagram:astro_ricky); Sergei Prokopev (Russia); Alexander Gerst (Germany; Twitter: @Astro_Alex; Instagram: astro_alex_esa); Serena Auñón-Chancellor (USA; Twitter: @AstroSerena)
SSEP Mission 12 to ISS: Payload and Program Data
Payload Designation: SSEP14 – Mercury (named for NASA’s Project Mercury; starting with Mission 12 to ISS, SSEP experiment payloads are named for NASA human spaceflight programs; for SSEP Missions 5 to 11 experiment payloads were named for Apollo Command Modules; prior to Mission 5, payloads were named for Apollo Lunar Modules)
Number of Student Team Flight Experiments: 34
31 communities participated in SSEP Mission 12 to ISS
34 experiments were selected, with 28 communities flying 1 experiment, and 3 communities flying 2 experiments
Payload: Suite of Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME – Mark II) Mini-laboratories
Stowage: NanoRacks Express Rack on ISS
History:
The fourteenth SSEP flight opportunity—SSEP Mission 12 to the International Space Station—was announced by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education on March 5, 2017, with accompanying Video Clips describing SSEP by Center Director, Dr. Jeff Goldstein: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA)
Current Status:
The Mission 12 payload of experiments returned to Earth on August 3, 2018. Mission 12 student flight teams presented at the SSEP National Conferences in June 2018, and July 2019.
A List of Important SSEP Mission 12 to ISS Subpages:
SSEP Mission 12 to ISS: Critical Timeline
SSEP Mission 12 to ISS: Mini-Laboratory Operation
SSEP Mission 12 to ISS: Mission Patch Art and Design Competition
SSEP Mission 12 to ISS: Flight Operations
→ Mission 12 to ISS Experiment Log
Launch Viewing Plans for SpaceX-15 and Flight of SSEP Mission 12 Mercury