WATCH LIVE: After a Year in Space Aboard ISS, Three Astronauts including Commander Scott Kelly Return to Earth, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Published on February 29, 2016 by in News

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After a year in space, astronaut and International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly (USA) and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (Russia) return to Earth on Tuesday March 1, 2016. Also returning is cosmonaut Sergey Volkov (Russia). Hatch closure will take place at 4:40 pm ET, undocking at 8:05 pm ET, and deorbit burn at 10:34 pm ET. […]

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For SSEP Mission 10 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where?

Published on February 23, 2016 by in News

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This blog post is for teachers in the 12 communities across the U.S. that just started SSEP Mission 10 to ISS. You are invited to use this Challenge with your students to get them thinking about the concept of microgravity (the technical name for the phenomenon of ‘weightlessness’). As part of this Challenge, students are […]

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The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 10 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s Space Program, NASA Johnson Style (with Some One Direction)

Published on February 22, 2016 by in News

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  It’s been a space program tradition since Mission 5 to ISS. Whenever we start a new SSEP flight opportunity, it’s time for NASA Johnson Style.  We can’t imagine a better video to get students (and teachers) in the frame of mind to start Mission 10 to ISS. To all Mission 10 Community Program Directors and […]

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SSEP Mission 10 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 4,800 Participating Students Across 12 Communities in the U.S.

Published on February 21, 2016 by in News

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The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), and its international arm, the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, are honored to announce the start of program operations for Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 10 to the International Space Station (ISS) – the twelfth SSEP flight opportunity since program inception in […]

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