SSEP Mission 13 to the International Space Station (ISS)

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Last update of this page:  January 30, 2020, 1:21 pm ET

 

Payload Ferry Flights and ISS Crew Data

Ferry Vehicle to ISS: SpaceX-18

Launch Date: July 25, 2019, 6:01 pm ET (useful reference NASA Consolidated Launch Schedule at nasa.gov)
Crew:
none
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

Berthing at ISS: July 27, 2019, 12:01 pm ET

Launch Date History:
Initial Launch Date: May 7, 2019
Rescheduled to: July 8, 2019
Rescheduled to: July 21, 2019
Rescheduled to: July 22, 2019
Rescheduled to: July 24, 2019 at 6:24 pm ET
Rescheduled to: July 25, 2019 at 6:01 pm ET
Rescheduled to: July 27, 2019 at 12:01 pm ET

Ferry Vehicle for Return to Earth: SpaceX-18
Crew: none
Unberth/Landing Date: August 27, 2019
Landing Site: splashdown off 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 13 Payload Operations: Expedition 59-60 (see Expeditions Schedule at nasa.gov)
Commander Alexey Ovchinin (Russia); Flight Engineers Nick Hague (USA; Twitter: @AstroHague; Instagram: AstroHague; Facebook: AstroHague), Drew Morgan (USA; Twitter: @AstroDrewMorgan; Instagram: astrodrewmorgan; Facebook: AstroDrewMorgan), Christian Koch (USA; Twitter: @Astro_Christina; Instagram: astro_christina; Facebook: AstroChristina), Luca Parmitano (Italy; Twitter: @Astro_Luca; Facebook: @AstronautLucaParmitano), Aleksandr Skvortsov (Russia)


SSEP Mission 13 to ISS: Payload and Program Data

Payload Designation: SSEP15 – Gemini (named for NASA’s Project Gemini; starting with Mission 12 to ISS, SSEP experiment payloads were 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: 41
38 communities participated in SSEP Mission 13 to ISS
41 experiments were selected, with 36 communities flying 1 experiment, 1 community flying 2 experiments, and 1 community flying 3 experiments

Payload: Suite of Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME – Mark II) Mini-laboratories
Stowage: NanoRacks Express Rack on ISS

History:
The 15th SSEP flight opportunity—SSEP Mission 13 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 9, 2018, with accompanying Video Clips describing SSEP by Center Director, Dr. Jeff Goldstein: Clip 1 (NASA), Clip 2 (NASA)

Current Status:
The Mission 13 payload of experiments returned to Earth on August 27, 2019. Mission 13 student flight teams presented at the SSEP National Conference in July 2019, and were expected to present at the conference in July 2020. The 2020 conference was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic,

A List of Important SSEP Mission 13 to ISS Subpages:
SSEP Mission 13 to ISS: Critical Timeline
SSEP Mission 13 to ISS: Mini-Laboratory Operation
SSEP Mission 13 to ISS: Mission Patch Art and Design Competition
SSEP Mission 13 to ISS: Flight Operations
Mission 13 to ISS Experiment Log
Launch Viewing Plans for SpaceX-18 and Flight of SSEP Mission 13 Gemini

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.