Last update of this page: February 17, 2023, 9:26 am ET, to include SSEP Mission 17 to ISS
Through Mission 17 to ISS, a total of 34 Space Grant consortia have provided partial support for 150 of the 367 SSEP community programs conducted to date, enabling 60,500 grade 5-16 students to be engaged in microgravity experiment design. A total of 12,100 fight experiment proposals were submitted by student teams, resulting in selection of 150 flight experiments – one for each supported community. Through Mission 16, 146 of these experiments have been transported to – and operated in – low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.
Space Grant-supported flight experiments are associated with 18 of the 19 SSEP flight opportunities to date, including STS-134 and STS-135, the final flights of Space Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis, and SSEP Missions 1 through 17, with the exception of Mission 15.
1. Alabama Space Grant Consortium, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 12 to ISS: Winfield (profile, flight experiment)
2. Arizona Space Grant Consortium, University of Arizona
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
SSEP on STS-135: Peoria (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 17 to ISS: Phoenix (profile, flight experiment)
3. California Space Grant Consortium, University of California San Diego
Supported SSEP Communities: 10 (click to explore)
Mission 2 to ISS: Santa Monica (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Santa Rosa (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 7 to ISS: Santa Monica (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Santa Monica (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: Elk Grove (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Santa Monica (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Moreno Valley (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Sanger (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: La Verne (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Corcoran (profile, flight experiment)
4. NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, University of Hartford
Supported SSEP Communities: 11 (click to explore)
SSEP on STS-134: Shelton (profile, flight experiment)
SSEP on STS-135: Hartford (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 2 to ISS: East Lyme (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 7 to ISS: Hartford (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: East Lyme (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Bridgeport – Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Campus (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: East Hartford (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Bridgeport – University of Bridgeport (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Stamford (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Ashford/Willington (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Stamford (profile, flight experiment)
5. Delaware Space Grant Consortium, University of Delaware
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
Mission 7 to ISS: Bear (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: Middletown (profile, flight experiment)
6. District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium, American University
Supported SSEP Communities: 3
Mission 1 to the ISS: Capitol Hill Cluster of Schools (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to the ISS: Capitol Hill Cluster of Schools (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to the ISS: DC Space Grant University Community (profile, flight experiment)
7. NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium, University of Central Florida
Supported SSEP Communities: 6
SSEP on STS-134: Broward County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Hillsborough County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to the ISS: Hillsborough County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Hillsborough County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Hillsborough County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Pasco County (profile, flight experiment)
8. Georgia Space Grant Consortium, Georgia Institute of Technology
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 12 to ISS: Jackson County (profile, flight experiment)
9. Iowa Space Grant Consortium, Iowa State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
SSEP on STS-135: Galva-Holstein (profile, flight experiment)
10. NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium, University of Idaho
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 9 to ISS: Boise (profile, flight experiment)
11. Indiana Space Grant Consortium, Purdue University
Supported SSEP Communities: 4
SSEP on STS-135: Crown Point (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 1 to ISS: Lake County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 4 to ISS: Indiana State Science Education Consortium (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Indianapolis (profile, flight experiment)
12. Kansas Space Grant Consortium, Kansas State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 3
Mission 3 to ISS: Valley Center (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 8 to ISS: Kansas City (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: Lansing (profile, flight experiment)
13. NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, University of Kentucky
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
SSEP on STS-134: Jefferson County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Jefferson County (profile, flight experiment)
14. Louisiana Space Grant Consortium, Louisiana State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
SSEP on STS-134: Zachary (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to ISS: Plaquemine (profile, flight experiment)
15. Maryland Space Grant Consortium, Johns Hopkins University
Supported SSEP Communities: 18 (click to explore)
STS-134: Saint Mary’s County (profile, flight experiment)
STS-135: Charles County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 1 to ISS: Charles County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Howard County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Howard County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 8 to ISS: Montgomery County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 8 to ISS: Prince George’s County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Potomac (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Anne Arundel County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Montgomery County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Anne Arundel County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 16 to ISS: University System of Maryland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 17 to ISS: Ukraine (profile, flight experiment)
16. Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supported SSEP Communities: 10 (click to explore)
SSEP on STS-135: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 1 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 2 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 7 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Fitchburg (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Westford (profile, flight experiment)
17. Michigan Space Grant Consortium, University of Michigan
Supported SSEP Communities: 3
Mission 13 to ISS: Traverse City (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Harper Woods (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 16 to ISS: Grand Blanc (profile, flight experiment)
18. Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, University of Mississippi
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 5 to ISS: Brookhaven (profile, flight experiment)
19. North Carolina Space Grant, North Carolina State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 5 (click to explore)
SSEP on STS-134: Guilford County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 2 to ISS: Guilford County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Guilford County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: Guilford County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Concord (profile, flight experiment)
20. NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium, University of Nebraska Omaha
Supported SSEP Communities: 7 (click to explore)
SSEP on STS-134: Omaha – Harry A. Burke High School (profile, flight experiment)
SSEP on STS-134: Omaha – Omaha North High Magnet School (profile, flight experiment)
SSEP on STS-135: Potter and Dix (profile, flight experiment)
SSEP on STS-135: Lincoln (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 1 to ISS: Pleasanton and Norris (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Pleasanton and Callaway (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 7 to ISS: Johnson County (profile, flight experiment)
21. New Jersey Space Grant Consortium, Rutgers University
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
Mission 2 to ISS: Pennsauken (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Galloway – Stockton University (profile, flight experiment)
22. New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
SSEP on STS-134: Central Consolidated School District (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Belen (profile, flight experiment)
23. Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium, Nevada System of Higher Education
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 10 to ISS: Clark County (profile, flight experiment)
24. NASA New York Space Grant Consortium, Cornell University
Supported SSEP Communities: 11 (click to explore)
Mission 3 to ISS: New York City – NEST+m (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 4 to ISS: New York City – Children First Network 201 (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 5 to ISS: New York City – NEST+m (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to ISS: Flushing (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 8 to ISS: New York City – NEST+m (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Buffalo/Niagara – WNY STEM (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Buffalo/Niagara – WNY STEM (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Jefferson County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Buffalo/Niagara – WNY STEM (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Buffalo/Niagara – WNY STEM (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Shoreham (profile, flight experiment)
25. North Dakota Space Grant Consortium, University of North Dakota
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
Mission 7 to ISS: West Fargo (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Hunter (profile, flight experiment)
26. Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium, Oregon State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 3
SSEP on STS-134: Portland (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Salem (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Eugene (profile, flight experiment)
27. NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, Pennsylvania State University
Supported SSEP Communities: 5
Mission 4 to ISS: Downingtown (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 4 to ISS: Jamestown (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 7 to ISS: Erie (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Pittsburgh – University of Pittsburgh (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 17 to ISS: Erie (profile, flight experiment)
28. South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, College of Charleston
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 6 to ISS: North Charleston (profile, flight experiment)
29. Tennessee Space Grant Consortium, Vanderbilt University
Supported SSEP Communities: 3
Mission 6 to ISS: Knox County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to ISS: Somerville (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Knox County (profile, flight experiment)
30. Texas Space Grant Consortium, University of Texas at Austin
Supported SSEP Communities: 21 (click to explore)
SSEP on STS-134: El Paso (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 1 to ISS: El Paso (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 2 to ISS: Houston (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to ISS: Rockwall County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 6 to ISS: San Antonio – Northside ISD (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Bullard (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Burleson (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: Houston (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 9 to ISS: McAllen (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: Houston – Harmony Public Schools (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 10 to ISS: San Antonio – Southside ISD (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Lewisville (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 11 to ISS: Pharr (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Brazosport (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Ector County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 12 to ISS: Fort Bend (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Ector County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 13 to ISS: Marfa (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 14 to ISS: Lumberton (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 16 to ISS: Ector County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 17 to ISS: Bandera (profile, flight experiment)
31. Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Old Dominion University
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
Mission 2 to ISS: Russell County (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 3 to ISS: Wise County (profile, flight experiment)
32. Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium, University of Washington
Supported SSEP Communities: 2
SSEP on STS-134: Seattle (profile, flight experiment)
Mission 16 to ISS: Bellingham (profile, flight experiment)
33. NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, West Virginia University
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 13 to ISS: Raleigh County (profile, flight experiment)
34. Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, Carthage College
Supported SSEP Communities: 1
Mission 14 to ISS: Hayward (profile, flight experiment)