“Up and Down” SSEP Payload Riding on STS-134

By Mike Johnson – All went fine today. For those of you who have asked, this series of experiments is not using the NanoRacks’ platforms nor will be staying on the space station. This payload is an “up and down” riding up on STS-134 and coming down on STS-134. You can see the pictures on [...]

NASA Web Site Highlights NanoRacks’ Educational Partner NCESSE

By Jeffrey Manber – NASA’s educational folks have taken note of the great job that Jeff Goldstein and everyone at SSEP has done in launching a national space STEM project via the NanoRacks’ flight and payload opportunities. You can read what they say on the NASA web site at: http://ssep.ncesse.org/2011/04/major-announcement-student-spaceflight-experiments-program-ssep-now-featured-at-www-nasa-gov/ And to better understand just [...]

NCESSE Announce Bold New Educational Program

Student Experiments on Space Shuttle Endeavour Flight Attract National Attention in Bold New STEM Education Program. Private Sector Effort Also Offers Potential New Space Shuttle Atlantis Opportunity for 100,000 Students to Participate. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), launched June 2010 by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with [...]

Soyuz 30-S Launch to ISS

Soyuz Launch to the International Space Station with NanoRacks’ customer payloads onboard including: NCESSE / SSEP educational MixStix experimentation Get email updates to keep track of the countdown and mission in progress.

STS-134 NCESSE Launch Event

Bringing together hundreds of school teachers, parents, space grant officials and students to watch the launch of STS-134 – plus a one day event to discuss the science behind all the SSEP experiments being conducted on STS-135.