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SSEP Mission 18 to ISS
Experiment Design Competition and Selection of Flight Experiments: Fall 2023
Flight to ISS: projected launch late Summer/Fall 2024
Last revised: February 21, 2024
Mission 18 Media Articles: 26
Local and Regional Coverage
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Grade 8 Students’ Flatworm Experiment Bound for International Space Station
BNN Breaking News, January 20, 2024
https://bnnbreaking.com/breaking-news/education/grade-8-students-flatworm-experiment-bound-for-international-space-station/
‘Ultimate Science Project’: Edmonton Students send Worm Experiment into Space
Global News, January 19, 2024
https://globalnews.ca/news/10237730/edmonton-students-send-worm-experiment-into-space/
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Alma Students’ Experiment will Fly to International Space Station this Year
The Wellington Advisor, January 24, 2024
https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/alma-students-experiment-will-fly-to-international-space-station-this-year/
Experiment Designed by Alma PS Students is Out of this World
EloraFergusToday.com, January 15, 2024
https://www.elorafergustoday.com/local-news/experiment-designed-by-alma-ps-students-is-out-of-this-world-8102471
Alma Public School Experiment Chosen for NASA’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Centre Wellington Community Radio, January 11, 2024
https://thegrand101.com/2024/01/11/alma-public-school-experiment-chosen-for-nasas-student-spaceflight-experiments-program/
County Students Design Experiments Destined for Space
The Wellington Advertiser, October 27, 2023
https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/county-students-design-experiments-destined-for-space/
UGDSB Students Soar to New Heights with SSEP Participation
Upper Grand District School Board, October 4, 2023
https://www.ugdsb.ca/blog/ugdsb-students-soar-to-new-heights-with-ssep-participation/
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Queen’s Undergraduate Students Compete to take Microgravity Experiments to the International Space Station
Education New Canada, December 13, 2023
https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1056360/queen-s-undergraduate-students-compete-to-take-microgravity-experiments-to-the-international-space-station.html
Out of this World Research
Queen’s Gazette, December 8, 2023
https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/out-world-research
Tolleson, Arizona
Tolleson School to Compete in Space Project
West Valley View, November 16, 2023
https://www.westvalleyview.com/youth/tolleson-school-to-compete-in-space-project/article_c89b8322-783d-11ee-8236-f384255716f9.html
Tolleson Students to Participate in Experiments Aboard International Space Station
Daily Independent, October 18, 2023
https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/tolleson-students-to-participate-in-experiments-aboard-international-space-station,455078
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
BCC Selects Project for Space Flight Experiment
iBerkshires.com, January 10, 2024
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/74125/BCC-Selects-Project-for-Space-Flight-Experiment-.html
Berkshire Community College Participating in Space Flight Experiment
The Berkshire Eagle, December 6, 2023
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/community-news/bcc-space-flight-experiment/article_b6c2ec7a-9468-11ee-b0b7-8bd7f6a4231f.html
BCC to Participate in Space Flight Experiment
iBerkshires.com, November 20, 2023
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/73693/BCC-to-Participate-in-Space-Flight-Experiment-.html
Edina, Minnesota
Edina Student Experiment Bound for International Space Station
HometownSource.com, January 3, 2024
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/edina/edina-student-experiment-bound-for-international-space-station/article_2ec3781a-a108-11ee-a107-af76d314c931.html
Creek Valley Elementary Students’ Science Experiment Bound for International Space Station
Edina Public Schools, December 20, 2023
https://www.edinaschools.org/abouteps/edina-news/news-story/~board/district-news/post/creek-valley-elementary-students-science-experiment-bound-for-international-space-station
Edina Fifth-graders’ Raspberry Experiment will be Tested in Space
Star Tribune, December 19, 2023
https://www.startribune.com/edina-creek-valley-elementary-fifth-graders-raspberry-experiment-will-be-tested-space-station/600329492/
Three Student Finalist Teams Chose for Spaceflight Program
Edina Public Schools, November 21, 2023
https://www.edinaschools.org/abouteps/edina-news/news-story/~board/district-news/post/three-student-finalist-teams-chosen-for-spaceflight-program
Albany, New York
Hackett Researcher Bound for Final Frontier – Again
City School District of Albany, February 2, 2024
https://www.albanyschools.org/news/1782404/hackett-research-bound-for-final-frontier-again
Athens, Ohio
OHIO Research Project Selected for International Space Station
OHIO News, January 18, 2024
https://www.ohio.edu/news/2024/01/ohio-research-project-selected-international-space-station
OU Launches New Student Spaceflight Experiment
The Post, October 5, 2023
https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2023/10/student-spaceflight-experiment-mission-18-project
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – CCAC
Space Day at CCAC Featured NASA Astronaut Woody Hoburg Judging Ground Breaking Experiments for the SSEP Competition
CCAC Newsroom, November 14, 2023
https://ccac.edu/newsroom-and-marketing/ccac-newsroom/11-14-23-space-day-at-ccac-featured-nasa-astronaut-woody-hoburg.php
Houston, Texas
STEM Space Competition
San Jacinto College, September 27, 2023
https://www.sanjac.edu/programs/areas-of-study/stem/stem-at-san-jac/stem-space-competition
San Antonio, Texas
North East ISD Students’ Experiments Bound for Space
Community Impact, January 24, 2024
https://communityimpact.com/san-antonio/na/education/2024/01/24/north-east-isd-students-experiments-bound-for-space/
Texarkana, Texas
Morriss Elementary Students’ Microgravity Project will take to the Stars
Texarkana Gazette, January 15, 2024
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2024/jan/15/morriss-elementary-students-microgravity-project/
Morriss Students’ Microgravity Experiment Chosen for SSEP Mission 18
TXK Today, January 12, 2024
https://txktoday.com/news/education/morriss-students-microgravity-experiment-chosen-for-ssep-mission-18/