SSEP Program FAQ

This FAQ is updated as questions are received by the SSEP Team that relate to the overall Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, e.g., questions on program pedagogy, the Flight Experiment Design Competition, the Community Program, program customization to community need, program implementation, program cost, and how to participate. These are topic that are addressed in general terms on the About SSEP page and the How to Participate page.

To submit a question to the SSEP Team, use the Contact Us page, or send an email
to ssep@ncesse.org


April 18, 2012: no current entries – all SSEP Program FAQs resulting from the STS-134, STS-135, Mission 1 to ISS, and Mission 2 to ISS flight opportunities have now been fully integrated into the newly updated content on this website in support of the SSEP Mission 3 to ISS opportunity.

The Student Space Flight Experiments Program [or SSEP] is undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), a project of the 501(c)(3) Tides Center, in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC. This on-orbit educational research opportunity is enabled through NanoRacks, LLC, which is working in partnership with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.