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SSEP Mission 14 to ISS

Experiment Design Competition and Selection of Flight Experiments: Fall 2019
Flight to ISS: projected launch Spring/Summer 2020; actual: Winter 2020

 

Last revised: August 31, 2023
Mission 14 Media Articles: 76

 

National and International Coverage

SpaceX CRS-23 to Launch Multiple ISS National Lab-Sponsored Investigations into Low Earth Orbit
SpaceRef, August 24, 2021
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=58047

SpaceX CRS-21 Delivers Student Led Experiments to the International Space Station
SpaceRef, December 7, 2020
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=56665

 

Local and Regional Coverage

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Garatea: Rocket takes Experiment into Space
Instituto TIM, December 9, 2020
https://institutotim.org.br/en/tag/student-spaceflight-experiments-program-en/

Projecto com Apoio do Instituto Tim Vai ao Espaco
Tele.Sintese, December 16, 2019
http://www.telesintese.com.br/projeto-com-apoio-do-instituto-tim-vai-ao-espaco/

Estudantes de Sorriso Vencem Competicao Nacional e Terao seu Experimento Enviado ao Espaco
Agora Mato Grosso, December 16, 2019
https://www.agoramt.com.br/2019/12/estudantes-de-sorriso-vencem-competicao-nacional-e-terao-seu-experimento-enviado-ao-espaco/

 

Edmonton, Ontario, Canada

VIDEO: Art on Display in Space
CTV News, December 13, 2020
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2099444

AUDIO: Kids! In! Space!
Well Endowed Podcaset – Episode 65, February 15, 2020
https://www.thewellendowedpodcast.com/episodes/episode-65-kids-in-space/

VIDEO: Shrimp Blast Off! Edmonton Students Science Project Heads to Space
City News, February 2, 2020
https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2020/02/02/shrimp-blast-off-edmonton-students-science-project-heads-to-space/

VIDEO: Shrimp Among the Starts: Edmonton Student Experiment Heading to Space Station
Edmonton Journal, January 30, 2020
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/shrimp-among-the-stars-edmonton-student-experiment-heading-to-space-station

 

Corcoran, California

All Systems Go for Mission 14 at John Muir
The Corcoran Journal, November 12, 2020
https://www.thecorcoranjournal.net/item/1282-all-systems-go-for-mission-14-at-john-muir

Students’ Experiment Heads to Space
The Sentinel, October 30, 2020
https://hanfordsentinel.com/news/students-experiment-heads-to-space/article_6b213515-c162-52a7-9206-b966e6d520e5.html

John Muir Heads to Space Again
Hanford Sentinel, California, October 12, 2019
https://hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/john-muir-heads-to-space-again

 

Redlands, California

Chronology 2020 Year in Review
Redlands Community News (listed under December 18), January 28, 2021
https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/news/chronology-2020-year-in-review/article_4bd12f44-6185-11eb-8acf-ffa84d5f6bc3.html

Redlands Students send Experiment to the International Space Station
Redlands Community News, December 17, 2020
https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/news/education/redlands-students-send-experiment-to-international-space-station/article_0ac480e4-4094-11eb-9a8c-c38543991523.html

Students Honored for High Achievement in Technology
Highland Community News, February 13, 2020
https://www.highlandnews.net/news/students-honored-for-high-achievement-in-technology/article_99c16c8a-4e82-11ea-8171-9b6e2b4989fc.html

 

Stamford, Connecticut

NASA Experiment Created by Stamford High Students is Heading to the International Space Station
Middletown Press, May 29, 2021
https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/NASA-experiment-created-by-Stamford-High-students-16211183.php?t=ca8bd22ee7/

106 Area Nonprofits Receive Over $1.6 Million in Grants from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Norwalks Hamlet Hub, February 10, 2020
https://news.hamlethub.com/norwalk/charities/45802-106-area-nonprofits-receive-over-1-6-million-in-grants-from-fairfield-county-s-community-foundation/

Cancer Research Experiment to be Tested on the International Space Station
The Round Table, February 2, 2020
https://shsroundtable.com/uncategorized/2020/02/02/cancer-research-experiment-to-be-tested-on-the-international-space-station/

 

Hillsborough County, Florida

VIDEO: Cargo Dragon will Return to Earth with 5,200 Pounds of Experiments, Cargo
WTSP Channel 10, January 11, 2021
https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/cargo-dragon-experiments-return/67-acaf8f24-c80a-4121-a48e-db7588f54c14

Year in Review – Updates on the Top Stories from 2020: Randall Spinach on the Station Science Experiment will Launch this Fall
Osprey Observer, January 7, 2021
https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2021/01/year-in-review-updates-on-the-top-stories-from-2020-randall-spinach-on-the-station-science-experiment-will-launch-this-fall/

Randall Spinach on the Station Science Experiment will Launch this Fall
Osprey Observer, July 7, 2020
https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2020/07/randall-spinach-on-the-station-science-experiment-will-launch-this-fall/

 

Pasco County, Florida

Their High School Science Project is Headed to the Space Station
Tampa Bay Times, February 1, 2020
https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2020/02/01/their-high-school-science-project-is-headed-to-the-space-station/

Gradebook Podcast: Three Pasco Seniors Send Their Science to Space
Tampa Bay Times, January 30, 2020
https://www.tampabay.com/news/gradebook/2020/01/30/gradebook-podcast-three-pasco-seniors-send-their-science-to-space/

VIDEO: 3 Female Scientists Beat Out 29,000 Submissions to Make it to Space
WTSP Channel 10 News, January 29, 2020
https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/pasco-county-scientists-experiment-will-head-to-space/67-c4b09295-572f-4237-87b8-5d800cbcf6e5

VIDEO: Budding Scientists Chosen for Experiment on ISS
Fox 13 Tampa Bay, January 29, 2020
https://www.fox13news.com/video/649135

VIDEO: Pasco Students Selected to Send Experiment to Space
Fox 13 News, January 29, 2020
https://www.fox13news.com/news/pasco-students-selected-to-send-experiment-to-space

 

Westford, Massachusetts

MA Student’s Design Could Visit the International Space Station
The Patch, September 29, 2020
https://patch.com/massachusetts/westford/ma-students-design-could-visit-international-space-station

Stony Brook Students’ Experiment to Fly to the ISS!
The Patch, November 25, 2019
https://patch.com/massachusetts/westford/stony-brook-students-experiment-fly-iss/

 

Harper Woods, Michigan

Chandler Park Academy Students Take Home National Prize for Science Experiment
Click On Detroit, February 15, 2021
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/02/16/chandler-park-academy-students-take-home-national-prize-for-science-experiment/

Chandler Park Academy Students Examine Results of Experiment taken in Space
Candgnews.com, January 24, 2021
https://www.candgnews.com/news/chandler-park-academy-students-examine-results-of-experiment-taken-into-space-119697

Chandler Park Academy Students have Experiment taken into Space
Candgnews.com, December 20, 2020
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2129770557721/chandler-park-academy-students-have-experiment-taken-into-space

The Good News Blog of 2020: Share Your Story with Us
WXYZ Channel 7, November 24, 2020
https://www.wxyz.com/news/the-good-news-blog-of-2020-share-your-story-with-us

 

Galloway, New Jersey – Stockton University

Intermediate South Student’s Winning Patch Design is Space Bound
Toms River Regional Schools, May 5, 2020
https://www.trschools.com/community/intermediate-south-students-winning-patch-design-is-space-bound/

Point Pleasant Boro Woman Could Launch Beans into Space
The Patch, April 2, 2020
https://patch.com/new-jersey/pointpleasant/point-pleasant-boro-woman-could-launch-beans-space/

Stockton Student Experiment to Test Whether Astronauts can Grow Food in Space
The Press of Atlantic City, April 1, 2020
https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/stockton-student-experiment-to-test-if-astronauts-can-grow-food-in-space/article_1eee7924-5564-5dea-bcc9-61b082a880ce.html

 

Springfield, New Jersey

Springfield Teacher Selected as New Jersey Department of Education Exemplary Educator
TAPintoSpringfield, December 10, 2019
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/springfield/sections/education/articles/springfield-teacher-selected-as-new-jersey-department-of-education-exemplary-educator/

 

WNY STEM – Buffalo/Niagara, New York

VIDEO: Buffalo School Students will Again Launch Project into Space
WGRZ Channel 2, December 19, 2019
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/education/buffalo-school-students-will-again-launch-project-into-space/71-4acc9592-29f2-42a5-83ad-c421e9601009

LHS Team a Finalist in National Spaceflight Contest
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, December 11, 2019
https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/lhs-team-a-finalist-in-national-spaceflight-contest/article_a87850f5-13be-5ba4-836d-9a0ea6abca65.html/

WNY STEM Hub Announces Local Finalists
Buffalo Rising, December 9, 2019
https://www.buffalorising.com/2019/12/wny-stem-hub-announces-local-finalists/

 

Shoreham, New York

Students Recognized for Historic Microgravity Experiment
Swrschools.org, March 23, 2021
http://www.swrschools.org/news/article.aspx?id=127032

 

Bethany, Oklahoma

Out of this World: Bethany Students Launch Experiment into Space
Metro Family Magazine, December 29, 2020
https://www.newsbreak.com/oklahoma/bethany/news/2135516911043/out-of-this-world-bethany-students-launch-experiment-into-space

 

Enid, Oklahoma

Making History
Enid News & Eagle, October 27, 2020
https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/editorials/making-history/article_bf0a666d-a4bd-558c-8670-0311d90debc0.html

EPS Student Experiment to Fly on Operational Flight of SpaceX
Enid Buzz, October 22, 2020
https://www.enidbuzz.com/eps-student-experiment-to-fly-on-operational-flight-of-spacex/

Longfellow Middle School Experiment Headed to Space December 2
Enid News & Eagle, October 22, 2020
https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/longfellow-experiment-headed-to-space-dec-2/article_ed17e3ee-bc13-5eb8-8c58-da9bbc4db7a7.html

EDITORIAL: Enid Area Students Doing a Fine Job of Representing the Enid Area
Enid News & Eagle, February 2, 2020
https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/representing-enid-vance/article_9a8e993e-b875-5d4c-8b52-f4db98a2831b.html/

Enid Public Schools Names Winners of Space Patch Contest
Enid News & Eagle, January 23, 2020
https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/winners-of-space-patch-contest-named/article_4b69dba1-7daf-5c1d-939f-5c6d611c63de.html/

Enid Residents to Vote on Which EPS Patches go to Space with Longfellow MS Experiment
Enid News & Eagle, January 14, 2020
https://www.enidnews.com/community/enid-residents-to-vote-on-which-eps-patches-go-to/article_dbc89de4-3706-11ea-8b2c-6b82dcbbf75c.html/

EDITORIAL: Kudos to Longfellow Students, NOC-Enid Astronomy and Forgotten Ministries
Enid News & Eagle, December 29, 2019
https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/first-in-the-state/article_f3e7780f-adbd-58c5-8b19-a40c75df2f5d.html/

Longfellow Middle School Student Experiment Heading to Space
Vance Airscoop, December 20, 2019
https://www.vanceairscoop.com/news/outside_the_gate/longfellow-student-experiment-heading-to-space/article_0dfa8964-22fc-518a-b15b-9acde6bc04cc.html/

Enid Students to Design Experiments for Outer Space
Enid News & Eagle, Oklahoma, May 4, 2019
https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/eps-students-to-design-experiments-for-outer-space

 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – University of Pittsburgh

When to Watch the Skies this Weekend
Pittwire, December 11, 2020
https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/when-watch-skies-weekend

Pitt Students Reach New Heights with NASA
The Pitt News, February 17, 2020
https://pittnews.com/article/155281/featured/pitt-students-reach-new-heights-with-nasa/

Stellar Student Researchers
Eurekalert, January 30, 2020
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/uop-ssr013020.php/

Faculty Members Send Student Projects Flying to Space, Thanks to Seed Funding
Pittwire, January 27, 2020
https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/faculty-send-student-projects-flying-space-thanks-seed-funding/

ICHS Alumna Looking to the Stars
Herald-Star, January 27, 2020
https://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2020/01/ichs-alumna-looking-to-the-stars/

 

Sumter, South Carolina

SC School Team Picked for Spaceflight Experiments Program
Newsbreak, February 10, 2020
https://www.newsbreak.com/south-carolina/sumter/news/0O5uUqJf/sc-school-team-picked-for-spaceflight-experiments-program/

Growing in Space: 2nd Alice Drive Middle Team Picked for Spaceflight Experiments Program
The Sumter Item, February 1, 2020
https://www.theitem.com/stories/growing-in-space-2nd-alice-drive-middle-team-picked-for-spaceflight-experiments-program,340422

VIDEO: Sumter ‘Space Girls’ to Send Experiment into Space
WLTX Channel 19, January 31, 2020
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/street-squad/sumter-6th-graders-to-send-experiment-into-space/101-2d0e566f-a870-4fd6-832c-c14636fce1f1/

VIDEO: Sumter Today: Alice Drive Middle School Celebrates World Space Week
The Sumter Item, South Carolina, October 8, 2019
https://theitem.com/stories/sumter-today

Alice Drive Middle School Kicks Off 2nd Spaceflight Program
The Sumter Item, South Carolina, October 5, 2019
https://www.theitem.com/stories/alice-drive-middle-kicks-off-2nd-spaceflight-program

 

Knox County, Tennessee

VIDEO: Farragut High Students, Alum Send Science Project to Space
WVLT TV, March 9, 2021
https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/03/09/farragut-high-students-alum-send-science-project-to-space/

 

Burleson, Texas

Burleson ISD Space Night Symposium set for November 10, 2020
Burleson ISD, November 5, 2020
https://www.burlesonisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=1024&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=9127&PageID=1

STEAM Middle School Team Named SSEP Mission 14 Experiment Finalist
Burleson ISD, January 13, 2020
https://www.burlesonisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=1024&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=7228&PageID=1&Comments=true/

 

Lufkin, Texas

Back to Earth…STEM Students Evaluate their Research Back from the Space Station
The Lufkin Daily News, March 12, 2023
https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/back-to-earth-stem-students-evaluate-their-research-after-it-returns-from-space-station/article_84326958-3657-5ff0-aa8b-fc0513af3915.html/

VIDEO: Lufkin Students’ Experiment Being Tested on the International Space Station
KTRE Channel 9, November 12, 2020
https://www.ktre.com/2020/11/12/lufkin-students-experiment-being-tested-international-space-station/

Ready for Launch! Lufkin’s Experiment and Mission Patches are Headed to the ISS
Lufkin ISD, October 21, 2020
https://www.lufkinisd.org/2020/10/21/ready-for-launch-lufkins-experiment-and-mission-patches-are-headed-to-the-iss/

VIDEO: Two Lufkin ISD Students will have their own NASA Patches Flown to the International Space Station
KTRE Channel 9, September 22, 2020
https://www.ktre.com/2020/09/22/two-lufkin-isd-students-will-have-their-own-nasa-patches-flown-international-space-program/

 

Lumberton, Texas

Lumberton Students Prep to Make Mark in Space
Beaumont Enterprise, December 1, 2020
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/insider/article/Lumberton-students-prep-to-make-mark-in-space-15754982.php

LU, LHS Collaborative Science Experiment to be Tested in Space
The University Press, November 23, 2020
https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/news/2020/11/lu,-lhs-collaborative-science-experiment-to-be-tested-in-space.html

LU Helps Students’ Project get to Space
The University Press, March 12, 2020
https://www.lamar.edu/university-press/2020/03/lu-helps-students-projects-get-to-space.php/

VIDEO: Lumberton Students’ Project will go to Outer Space on Rocket, Allow Astronauts to Test Concrete Material in Space
Channel 12 News Now, March 2, 2020
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/features/lumberton-students-science-project-will-go-to-outer-space/502-cf6aff76-9856-4484-bed3-30e289579b0f/

Lumberton Students’ Science Experiment Bound for Space
My San Antonio, February 13, 2020
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Lumberton-students-science-experiment-bound-15055440.php/

LU College of Engineering and Lumberton ISD Partner on Mission to Space
Lamar University, February 6, 2020
https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/news/2020/02/lu-and-lumberton-isd-partner-on-mission-to-space.html

 

Bellevue, Washington

Open Window School Alumni Students Prepare their Experiment for Flight
Open Window School, November 19, 2020
https://www.openwindowschool.org/news-detail?pk=1143219&fromId=237830

 

Hayward, Wisconsin

Ojibwe Tribal School in Wisconsin has Science Experiment Launched into Space
Post Crescent, January 12, 2021
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2021/01/12/wisconsin-ojibwe-science-experiment-sent-into-space-nasa-spacex/6588960002/

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School Selected for NASA Project
KBJR Channel 6, December 28, 2020
https://kbjr6.com/2020/12/28/lac-courte-oreilles-ojibwe-school-selected-for-nasa-project/

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.