To students, teachers, and communities across the SSEP network– Since retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet after the July 2011 flight of STS-135, Atlantis – which carried Intrepid, the second SSEP experiments payload – transport of all U.S. astronauts to and from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) required Russian Soyuz vehicles. America is now on track […]
To teachers starting Mission 7 to ISS, this challenge was posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. It is designed to help you get your students immersed in Mission 7 microgravity experiment design by first exploring the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of ‘weighlessness’). As promised, here is the solution to the Challenge. […]
This post is for teachers in the 25 communities across the U.S. starting SSEP Mission 7 to ISS this week. You are invited to use this challenge to get the nearly 10,000 students immersed in Mission 7 microgravity experiment design to start thinking about the concept of microgravity (often referred to as the phenomenon of […]
An Introduction to the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 to the International Space Station (ISS) starts tomorrow, September 8, 2014. At least 25 communities across the U.S. are participating in what is the ninth SSEP flight opportunity in just 4 years. In support of Mission 7, this is a repost of an […]
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