Yesterday we received a special thank you from the parents of Michael Prince, a Co-Principal Investigator on a Mission 1 flight experiment to the International Space Station. Michael is a 5th grader at Parker Elementary School in Houston. Michael’s dad points to “great teachers, schools and programs like this”. We may have supplied the program [...]
To all students that are participating in Mission 1 to ISS, and participated in SSEP on Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis, I think this post might help reaffirm the notion that you were called upon to BE scientists and stepped to the plate in amazing ways. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program has been honored for a [...]
Private Sector STEM Education Effort Offers Real On-Orbit Research Opportunity for Students For Immediate Release January 5, 2012 Program Description Video Clip The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, announces the selection of 15 microgravity experiments to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Soyuz [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Private Sector Effort Offers Real Research Opportunity for Grade 5-16 Students aboard International Space Station, 50,000 Expected to Participate Next Phase of Bold New STEM Education Program that Attracted National Attention with Student Experiments on Final Flights of Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis, and Provided Participation to 30,700 Students Sunday, July 31, 2011 Video Overview of [...]
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) oversees the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), which saw 27 student team experiments fly aboard the final flights of Space Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis. Nearly 31,000 grade 5-14 students were given the opportunity to participate in a real experiment design competition. All told, 1,027 student [...]
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 [...]
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) oversees the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Circe Bridges, the Teacher Facilitator for the flight experiment from Zachary, LA, that flew aboard STS-134, the final flight of Shuttle Endeavour in April 2011, wanted to share the following— Participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program has [...]
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) have finished updating the SSEP National Conference webpage, which now includes a complete schedule for the conference, a list of all featured presentations, a list of all student team presentations, conference expectations, and important information for [...]
NCESSE News
- A Thank You from a Dad and Mom
- Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Inspires With Mission 1
- Grade 5-14 Student Researcher Microgravity Experiments Selected to Fly in March 2012 to the International Space Station
- Announcing Communities Participating in Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 1 to ISS, and NEW Flight Opportunity, Mission 2 to ISS
- For Teachers Across America: We’ve Got To Be That Light
