The January 2014 issue of Air and Space Smithsonian Magazine has an article Right this Way to the Space Station that showcases how NanoRacks, through their Space Act Agreement with NASA, is helping to open up commercial access to the International Space Station. The cover photo shows SSEP researchers and future Drs. Dana Betti, Jordyn Catherall, and […]
On Tuesday, December 17, NASA informed the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) that the December 19, 2013, launch of Orbital Sciences 1 (Orb-1) out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, Virginia, has been postponed until January 2014. Required spacewalks to replace a coolant pump on the International Space Station […]
With tax year 2013 winding down, many consider last minute charitable contributions as tax deductions. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP; http://ssep.ncesse.org) is overseen by the non-profit National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE; http://ncesse.org). Through the end of 2013, all donations to NCESSE will be used exclusively to support the Student Spaceflight […]
(turn up the volume) THE MISSION: One of 12 SSEP Mission 3b to ISS experiments, Falcon II Payload, Launching on Orb-1, December 2013 THE COMMUNITY: Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada THE SSEP COMMUNITY PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Maria Nickel Middle Years Science Coordinator, Woodlands Elementary School marianickel@shaw.ca THE SCHOOL WITH THE SELECTED FLIGHT EXPERIMENT: Grade 5, Brant Argyle […]
It has been a remarkably busy month for SSEP at the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and NanoRacks. It has included the return to Earth on Soyuz 35S of the Mission 3a Falcon I experiments payload on November 10, getting ready for the upcoming launch of the Mission 3b Falcon II […]
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