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Spacewalkers Move Crane, Install Experiment

Posted by brandoniswrite on February 24, 2012

International Space Station Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov wrapped up a six-hour, 15-minute spacewalk at 3:46 p.m. EST Thursday. The two spacewalkers moved the Strela-1 crane from the Pirs docking compartment to begin preparing the Pirs for its replacement next year with a new laboratory and docking module. Kononenko and Shkaplerov [...]


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NASA Propulsion Experiment Provides Data for More Efficient Jet Engines

Posted by brandoniswrite on January 12, 2012

Aeronautics researchers at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed flight tests of a unique experimental jet engine inlet design in the Channeled Center-body Inlet Experiment, or CCIE. The experimental inlet was checked out on NASA Dryden’s F-15B aeronautics research test bed aircraft, which continues to be an innovative and cost-effective tool for flight test [...]


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SSEP Mission 1 to the ISS Flight Experiment FAQ

Posted by brandoniswrite on December 4, 2011

As the student teams have been preparing their experiment proposals for the SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station, we have been fielding questions about various aspects of the process, from the basic operation of the Fluids Mixing Enclosure to details on completing the proposal. As we address these questions, the answers are not [...]


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Critical Update for SSEP on STS-135: New Harvesting of Experiment Samples Page

Posted by brandoniswrite on September 4, 2011

NCESSE, in concert with ITA and NanoRacks, has carefully defined the milestones and specifications for the harvesting of experiment samples and their return to the SSEP Student Teams flying samples on STS-135. The milestones reflect the extension of the mission by one day, as announced yesterday, with the landing of Atlantis now scheduled to take [...]


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For SSEP on ISS – Dramatically More Experiment Capability Using the New Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) Mini-Lab Over the MDA Mini-Lab Used for SSEP On Shuttle Missions

Posted by brandoniswrite on August 16, 2011

Communities interested in exploring participation in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS will be excited to learn that the Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) mini-lab being used for SSEP on ISS has dramatically more capability than the Materials Dispersion Apparatus (MDA) used for SSEP on STS-134 and STS-135. Based on SSEP operations on STS-134 and STS-135, NCESSE [...]


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Atlantis’ Final Mission Included Successful Kennedy-Developed Plant Experiment

Posted by brandoniswrite on August 8, 2011

Atlantis carried many science and research experiments in its middeck during NASA’s last shuttle flight, STS-135, in July. Among these was a plant experiment developed at Kennedy Space Center’s Space Life Sciences Laboratory (SLSL) that could have an impact on long duration missions to the moon or Mars. Principal Investigators Dr. Gary Stutte and Dr. [...]


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To All SSEP Student Flight Teams on STS-135 – Stand By for Return and Analysis of Experiment Samples

Posted by brandoniswrite on July 30, 2011

What? You mean we’ve got to get ready to receive our experiment samples already? But we just got back from the truly spectacular launch in Florida, and we haven’t unpacked yet! (OK, maybe that’s just me:-) Switching to serious— With NASA’s recent one day extension to its mission, Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to [...]


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Welcome Home Atlantis! LIVE VIDEO of Harvesting of Experiment Samples from STS-135

Posted by brandoniswrite on July 26, 2011

Atlantis touched down at 5:57 a.m. EDT, this morning, ending 30 years of U.S. Space Shuttle Operations. Aboard her, for 200 orbits of Earth, was the payload containing SSEP experiments from student teams across the nation. The video below provides Atlantis’ approach to Kennedy Space Center and landing.   We received confirmation this morning from [...]


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SSEP Experiment Loading in MDA starting 3:15 pm EDT – Watch Live

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 28, 2010

Watch LIVE! You might see Nick Fingland, Ron Jones, and John Cassanto. The lower MDA block is loaded first. Then the MDA upper block is loaded. There are 3 Type 1 Experiment Slots, which are all loaded in the upper block. Loading sequence for MDA lower block, starting about 3:!5 pm EDT (13 Type 2-Prime lower wells): Orange County, [...]


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MDA Mini-Lab to be Reloaded in Prep for May 8 Endeavour Launch: Up to 9 Student Teams Standing by for Re-submission of Experiment Samples

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 9, 2010

NCESSE received a de-brief this evening from NanoRacks and ITA regarding the plan for moving forward with payload flight readiness. We are now proceeding under the assumption of a May 8 launch. The MDA mini-laboratory will be flushed of all existing experiment samples and sterilized on Monday May 2. The reload of experiment samples will [...]


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