List of Space Grant Supported SSEP Communities and Missions

Last update of this page: April 10, 2025, 11:42 am ET, to include SSEP Mission 20 to ISS

Through Mission 20 to ISS, a total of 34 Space Grant consortia have provided partial support for 153 of the 387 SSEP community programs conducted to date, enabling 60,730 grade 5-16 students to be engaged in microgravity experiment design. A total of 12,140 fight experiment proposals were submitted by student teams, resulting in selection of 153 flight experiments – one for each supported community. Through Mission 18, 153 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 19 of the 22 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 18, with the exception of Missions 15, 19 and 20.

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

4. NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, University of Hartford

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

16. Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

20. NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium, University of Nebraska Omaha

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

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

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)
Mission 18 to ISS: Chesapeake (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)