The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) oversees the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Lenecia McCrary, the SSEP Community Program Director in Broward County, Florida, wanted to share the following at the SSEP National Blog— Wow!! I can’t believe that it’s been almost a year since I first became aware of […]
Aboard Endeavour in the stunning video below are the 16 experiments of the Center’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). The video offers a dramatic new perspective of this keystone U.S. National STEM education initiative that is engaging tens of thousands of grade 5-12 students in real science on orbit—their science. Imagine watching this video, as a […]
That National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is proud to unveil the 11 Mission Patches selected to fly along with the 11 SSEP flight experiments on Atlantis. A total of 974 Mission Patches were proposed by students from across the 11 communities participating in SSEP on STS-135. Each community selected its own Mission […]
First some foundational thoughts on education that were fundamental to the creation of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, and which grow from the Core Beliefs and Embraced Pedagogy of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education— In our classrooms, let’s not talk ABOUT science or teach the book of knowledge, let kids DO […]
Something very moving from Sharon Churchwell, the Community Program Director in Lincolnwood, Illinois for the Center’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)— Over the past few years I have been reading more and more about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Last summer I came across a STEM initiative like no other, one where students could […]
We are truly honored to share a wonderful letter from Dr. Barrett S. Caldwell, Professor at Purdue University, and Director of the Indiana Space Grant Consortium. The Consortium is underwriting The Center’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) for Crown Point, Indiana, on the flight of STS-135. Barrett’s letter speaks to the power of partnership. It also […]
From: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education To: America’s Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers Participating in SSEP on STS-135 To all SSEP student flight experiment teams, this is what you’ve been waiting for! We have now officially entered the SSEP Launch Phase for […]
Space Shuttle Atlantis at the launch pad, getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch, and the final flight of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program, with 11 experiments aboard from NCESSE’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. There were 11,000 grade 5-12 students were given the opportunity to be real scientists, and 530 proposals were received. Photo from […]
NCESSE News
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts and Colleges: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 21 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2, 2025
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 19 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2024
- New STEM Opportunity – Permanently Install a Voyage Scale Model of the Solar System in Your Community as a Focal Point for STEM Education
- WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 14 ‘Apollo’, Launching on SpaceX CRS-21, Saturday, December 5, 2020, 11:39 am ET
- WATCH HISTORY LIVE TODAY – Launch of Astronauts on SpaceX Demo-2 Mission 3:22 pm ET, May 30, 2020