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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
