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For Teachers Across America: We’ve Got To Be That Light

Published on August 25, 2011 by Jeff Goldstein in News

From: Jeff Goldstein, NCESSE Center Director 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 […]

Countdown to Currently Scheduled Launches for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
SSEP Mission 17 to ISS Orbiter Payload Elapsed Time Since Return to Earth 12/22/23 on SpaceX CRS-29 My count-up
SSEP Mission 18 to ISS Surveyor Payload Elapsed Time Since Return to Earth 12/17/24 on SpaceX CRS-31 My count-up
SSEP Mission 19 to ISS Endeavour Payload Countdown to Estimated Launch of SpaceX CRS-34 my countdown
SSEP Mission 20 to ISS Atlantis Payload Countdown to Estimated Launch of SpaceX CRS-34 my countdown
SSEP Mission 21 to ISS Discovery Payload Countdown to Estimated Launch of SpaceX Vehicle (TBD) my countdown

Completed SSEP MissionsM - Mission, L - Launch Date, R - Return to Earth Date

M18: L - 11/4/24 SpaceX-31; R - 12/17/24 SpaceX-31 M17: L - 11/9/23 SpaceX-29; R - 12/22/23 SpaceX-29
M16/14D: L-11/26/22 SpaceX-26, R-1/11/23 SpaceX-26
M15B/14C: L-8/29/21 SpaceX-23, R-9/30/21 SpaceX-23
M15A/14B: L- 6/3/21 SpaceX-22, R - 7/9/21 SpaceX-22
M14A: L - 12/06/20 SpaceX-21, R -01/13/21 SpaceX-21
M13: L - 07/25/19 SpaceX-18, R - 08/27/19 SpaceX-18
M12: L - 06/29/18 SpaceX-15, R - 08/03/18 SpaceX-15
M11: L - 08/14/17 SpaceX-12, R - 09/17/17 SpaceX-12
M10: L - 06/03/17 SpaceX-11, R - 07/02/17 SpaceX-11
M9: L - 02/19/17 SpaceX-10, R - 03/19/17 SpaceX-10
M8: L - 07/18/16 SpaceX-9, R - 08/26/16 SpaceX-9
M7: L - 04/08/16 SpaceX-8, R - 05/11/16 SpaceX-8
M6: L - 01/10/15 SpaceX-5, R - 02/10/15 SpaceX-5
M5: L - 07/13/14 Orb-2, R - 10/25/14 SpaceX-4
M4: L - 01/09/14 Orb -1, R - 03/10/14 Soyuz 36S
M3b: L - 01/09/14 Orb-1, R - 03/10/14 Soyuz 36S
M3a: L - 09/18/13 Orb-D1, R - 11/10/13 Soyuz 35S
M2: L - 10/07/12 SpaceX-1, R - 11/19/12 Soyuz 31S
M1: L - 05/22/12 SpaceX-D1, R - 07/01/12 Soyuz 29S
STS-135 (Atlantis): L - 07/08/11, R - 07/21/11
STS-134 (Endeavour): L - 05/16/11, R - 06/01/11

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