STS-134 Flight Data
Mission Number: STS-134
Orbiter: Endeavour
Launch Date: 8:56 am EDT, May 16, 2011
Landing Date: 2:34 am EDT, June 1, 2011
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 16 days
Primary Payload: EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Notable: final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; 36th flight to International Space Station
Crew: Mark Kelly, commander; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; and mission specialists: Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency’s Roberto Vittori.
Visit the NASA STS-134 webpage
SSEP on STS-134 Payload and Program Data
Payload Designation: SSEP1 – Eagle (named for Apollo 11 Lunar Module)
Number of Student Experiments: 16
Payload: Materials Dispersion Apparatus Mini-Laboratory (MDA)
Stowage: Crew Cabin mid-deck locker
History:
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education issued the first Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) national Announcement of Opportunity in June 2010.
As a result, 16 communities across the U.S. joined SSEP, providing 19,700 grade 5-14 students, across 53 schools, the opportunity to design and propose real experiments to fly aboard Shuttle Endeavour. Student teams submitted 447 proposals, from which 16 were selected to fly aboard STS-134—one for each community. Visit the SSEP Community Network Hubsite for the list of winning proposals, profiles of the participating communities, the SSEP In the News page, and thoughts on program impact from students, teachers, and administrators on the In Our Own Words page.
Current Status:
SSEP operations have now been completed; Student Teams reported preliminary results at the SSEP National Conference, held July 6-7, 2011, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC (see National Conference page). Also see the April 13, 2012 SSEP National Blog Post for video highlights of the Conference.
List of SSEP on STS-134 Subpages:
STS-134 Critical Timeline
STS-134 Mini-Laboratory Operation
STS-134 Fluid/Sample Compatibility Test
STS-134 Submission of Experiment Samples for Flight
STS-134 Harvesting of Experiment Samples
Launch Plans for STS-134
STS-134 National Conference in Washington, DC
