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We Have Just Crossed the T-Minus 100 Day Milestone for Launch of Aquarius, the SSEP Mission 1 Payload to ISS

Posted by brandoniswrite on December 26, 2011

We did not want this milestone to go un-noticed. UPDATE: All flight experiments for SSEP Mission 1 to ISS have now been selected, and NCESSE and NanoRacks are working hard to complete the final flight samples list (fluids and solids) to be flown by the student research teams. The list, due today to NanoRacks, will [...]


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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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Announcing Communities Participating in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS, and NEW Flight Opportunity, Mission 2 to ISS

Posted by brandoniswrite on November 20, 2011

Download a PDF of this Press Release After reading this Press Release, be sure to read the New SSEP Homepage Subscribe to receive email updates on the SSEP using the Subscribe Box at the bottom of the right column. 92 Schools in 12 U.S. Communities Participating in Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 1 to [...]


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Important Information About Thermal Control for SSEP Mission 1 Experiments

Posted by brandoniswrite on November 19, 2011

To SSEP student researchers and their Teacher Facilitators We have had a number of questions from student teams regarding the available thermal control (temperature control) for the Mission 1 mini-labs. NCESSE’s Dr. Harri Vanhala has been providing answers, and updating the Mission 1 FAQ. These questions have revealed a problem with the wording on the [...]


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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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SSEP In The News: 10 More Stories Just Added

Posted by brandoniswrite on September 3, 2011

The following stories have just been added to the SSEP In the News page at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite, bringing the total number of stories to 114 —           National Eleven More Feature Article, NASA.gov, July 12, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/eleven-more.html   SSEP on STS-135 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford students get experiment back from [...]


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Something Different – For SSEP Teachers Across America: We’ve Got To Be That Light

Posted by brandoniswrite on August 28, 2011

In March 2011, I had the wonderful honor of giving the Keynote Address to 6,000 teachers of science at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference in San Francisco. The talk, “Science, it’s Not a Book of Knowledge … it’s a Journey” was about the nature of human exploration, and that science education—indeed all [...]


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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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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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NASA Honors the SSEP Communities Flying on STS-135 With Feature Articles at NASA.gov

Posted by brandoniswrite on July 17, 2011

This past year has been a humbling experience for the staff here at the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the thousands of students and teachers in the 27 communities participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. Enabled by NanoRacks Space Act Agreement with NASA, we’ve all had the adventure of a lifetime. We’ve had [...]


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