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- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 19 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2024 (3/2/2024)
- New STEM Opportunity – Permanently Install a Voyage Scale Model of the Solar System in Your Community as a Focal Point for STEM Education (1/14/2021)
- WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 14 ‘Apollo’, Launching on SpaceX CRS-21, Saturday, December 5, 2020, 11:39 am ET (12/4/2020)
- WATCH HISTORY LIVE TODAY – Launch of Astronauts on SpaceX Demo-2 Mission 3:22 pm ET, May 30, 2020 (5/30/2020)
- SSEP Teachable Moment – WATCH LIVE – Video of Earth from the International Space Station, with Music (5/10/2020)
- SSEP Teachable Moment – Where is the International Space Station Right Now Over Earth? (5/3/2020)
- SSEP Teachable Moment – How To See A Very Bright International Space Station Fly Over Your Home (4/29/2020)
- SSEP Mission 14 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 29,300 Participating Students Across 33 Communities in the U.S., Canada and Brazil (9/25/2019)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 14 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2019 (3/29/2019)
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 12 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/25/2017)
- The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 12 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s and Canada’s Space Programs, NASA Johnson Style (with Some One Direction) (9/19/2017)
- SSEP Mission 12 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 18,300 Participating Students Across 31 Communities in the U.S., Canada and Brazil (9/19/2017)
- For the 18,800(!) Student Researchers Now Engaged in SSEP Mission 12 to ISS – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/13/2017)
- WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP Mission 11 America, Launching on SpaceX CRS-12, Monday, August 14, 2017, 12:31 pm ET (8/11/2017)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 12 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2017 (3/5/2017)
- ANNOUNCEMENT: 2017 SSEP National Conference, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, June 28-29, 2017 (3/1/2017)
- WATCH LIVE: The Flight OF SSEP M7 Odyssey II – Return to Earth, May 11, 2016 (5/10/2016)
- How to See ISS Fly Over Your Town – While the Mission 7 Odyssey II Experiments Are Aboard (4/15/2016)
- VIDEO: In Honor of the Launch of Mission 7 Odyssey II at 4:43 pm EDT Today, Breathtaking ‘Time Lapse Earth’, Filmed by Astronauts Aboard ISS (4/8/2016)
- WATCH LIVE: Flight of SSEP M7 Odyssey II, Launching on SpaceX CRS-8, April 8, 2016, 4:43 pm EDT (4/7/2016)
- SSEP FLIGHT OPERATIONS UPDATE: The Flight of Odyssey II, the SSEP Mission 7 Payload Launching April 8, 4:43 pm ET (4/7/2016)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 11 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2016 (3/30/2016)
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 10 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (3/1/2016)
- WATCH LIVE: After a Year in Space Aboard ISS, Three Astronauts including Commander Scott Kelly Return to Earth, Tuesday, March 1, 2016 (2/29/2016)
- 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? (2/23/2016)
- 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) (2/22/2016)
- SSEP Mission 10 to the International Space Station Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 4,800 Participating Students Across 12 Communities in the U.S. (2/21/2016)
- SpaceX Makes History Last Night – See What Elated Engineers Look Like (12/22/2015)
- Over the Holidays, You Might Be Able to See ISS Fly Overhead – It’s an Amazing Sight (12/17/2015)
- With the Return of Three Astronauts from ISS Today, and as a Shout-out to Our Two Canadian Mission 9 to ISS Communities, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a little help from David Bowie) (12/11/2015)
- NCESSE and Clarke Institute Honored to also Provide Certificates of Accomplishment to Mission 9 Teachers, Local Partner Orgs, and Individuals (12/1/2015)
- With SSEP Mission 9 to ISS Flight Experiment Selection Approaching, NCESSE Honored to Provide Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Communities (12/1/2015)
- WATCH LIVE: Wed October 28 and Fri November 6 – SpaceWalks by U.S. Astronauts on ISS (10/20/2015)
- VIDEO: Time Lapse Earth, A Gift to the Students Engaged in Mission 9 to ISS, and to the Mission 7 and 8 Student Flight Teams Awaiting Launch (10/13/2015)
- New NASA Johnson Video on Plant Growth on ISS (10/5/2015)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 10 to the International Space Station, Starting February 2016 (10/2/2015)
- International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly’s Photo of Italy in Moonlight, Taken at the Halfway Point in his Year in Space (9/24/2015)
- Space Station Commander Scott Kelly Photographs the Nile River and Middle East from Space (9/22/2015)
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 9 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/22/2015)
- For SSEP Mission 9 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge for the Start of Program: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/14/2015)
- The Tradition Continues – To the Students, Teachers, and Communities Starting SSEP Mission 9 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s and Canada’s Space Program, NASA Johnson Style, and One Direction (9/13/2015)
- SSEP Mission 9 to ISS Has Begun: Welcome Aboard to 13,500 Participating Students Across 22 Communities in the U.S. and Canada (9/13/2015)
- Pretty Powerful Food for Thought: ISS and the Moon – A SSEP Teachable Moment (5/9/2015)
- LIVE VIDEO OF EARTH FROM ISS – A SSEP Teachable Moment (5/3/2015)
- VIDEO: Time Lapse Earth, Celebrating SSEP Mission 7 Flight Experiments to ISS in June on SpaceX-7, and 3,600 Mission 8 Students Now in Proposal Writing Home Stretch (4/24/2015)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 9 to the International Space Station for 2015-16 Academic Year (3/20/2015)
- WATCH LIVE: ISS Change of Command, Astronaut Return to Earth, and a Fitting Song (3/8/2015)
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 8 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (3/4/2015)
- For SSEP Mission 8 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (2/25/2015)
- For Mission 8 Communities Starting SSEP – NASA Pre-Flight Briefing with an SSEP Overview by Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Program Director (2/25/2015)
- The Tradition Continues – To 3,800 Students Now Starting SSEP Mission 8 to ISS, Welcome Aboard America’s and Canada’s Space Program, NASA Johnson Style (2/19/2015)
- Scientific American Showcases Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (2/18/2015)
- Live Coverage: The Flight of Yankee Clipper 2 – SSEP Mission 6 Payload Returns to Earth Today, Unberth at ISS, 2:09 PM EST (2/10/2015)
- Super Bowl XLIX and the International Space Station (2/2/2015)
- ISS Commander Barry Wilmore Begins On-Orbit Operations for SSEP Yankee Clipper II Experiments (1/18/2015)
- BREAKING: U.S. Side of International Space Station Evacuated (1/14/2015)
- NASA Briefing VIdeo: Overview of SSEP, Highlight of Mission 6 Yankee Clipper Experiments (1/11/2015)
- LIFTOFF of SpaceX-5 and SSEP Yankee Clipper II (1/10/2015)
- NASA Press Release on Yankee Clipper Re-flight, w NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (1/6/2015)
- We have a SCRUB for SpaceX-5 Launch, Recycling to Friday January 9, 5:09 am (1/6/2015)
- Live Coverage: Re-flight of Yankee Clipper II – the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Payload of 17 Experiments Launching on SpaceX-5, 6:20 am ET, January 6, 2015 (1/5/2015)
- Flight of Yankee Clipper II: SpaceX-5 Launch Scrubbed, Reset for NET January 6, 2015 (12/18/2014)
- VIDEO: Celebrating Re-Launch of the Mission 6 Yankee Clipper, A Gift – Your Planet from the International Space Station, Time Lapse-EARTH (12/17/2014)
- The Mission 6 Student Flight Team, Madison Heights, MI – A Highlight (12/14/2014)
- The Loss of Orb-3 and SSEP Yankee Clipper: Failure Happens. What we do in the face of failure is what defines us. (12/8/2014)
- Live Coverage of the Flight of Yankee Clipper – the SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Payload of 18 Experiments Launching on Orb-3, 6:45 pm ET, October 27, 2014 (10/25/2014)
- Live Coverage: Return-to-Earth of Charlie Brown – the Payload of 15 SSEP Mission 5 to ISS Experiments (10/24/2014)
- In Honor of the October 25, 2014, Return of SpaceX-4 and the SSEP Charlie Brown Payload of Mission 5 Experiments, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a little help from David Bowie) (10/23/2014)
- Major SSEP Spaceflight Operations Update – SpaceX-4 Return-to-Earth of M5 Charlie Brown 10/25/14, and Orb-3 Launch of M6 Yankee Clipper 10/27/14 (10/23/2014)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 8 to the International Space Station, Starting February 2015 (10/9/2014)
- BREAKING NEWS – NASA PRESS CONFERENCE 4:00 PM ET TODAY: America’s Return to Sending Astronauts to Space (9/16/2014)
- THE SOLUTION to the Mission 7 Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/16/2014)
- For SSEP Mission 7 to ISS Student Researchers – A Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/10/2014)
- For Mission 7 Communities Starting SSEP – NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP Program Director, on Orb-1 Launch (9/7/2014)
- The Tradition Continues – A ‘NASA Johnson Style’ Welcome Aboard America’s Space Program to 10,000 Students Now Starting SSEP Mission 7 to ISS (8/28/2014)
- SSEP Impact: New NASA Feature Article on Research Results Reported by Student Teams at 2014 SSEP National Conference, July 2-3, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (8/25/2014)
- NASA Johnson Space Center Feature Article: SSEP Mission 5 Research To Be Conducted Aboard Station Starting Today (7/17/2014)
- The Flight of Charlie Brown – the SSEP Mission 5 Payload: WATCH LIVE Berthing of Cygnus to ISS (7/15/2014)
- NCESSE and Clarke Institute Honored to also Provide Certificates of Accomplishment to Mission 6 Teachers, Local Partner Orgs, and Individuals (5/4/2014)
- With SSEP Mission 6 to ISS Deadline for Flight Experiment Proposals Approaching, Clarke Institute Honored to Provide Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Communities (5/4/2014)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 7 to the International Space Station for 2014-15 Academic Year (4/21/2014)
- April 17, 2014 FLIGHT OPS UPDATE: The Flight of Charlie Brown on Orb-2 – The SSEP Mission 5 Experiments Payload (4/17/2014)
- SSEP FLIGHT OPS UPDATE: The Flight of Charlie Brown on Orb-2 – The SSEP Mission 5 Experiments Payload; NASA TV Live Coverage of SpaceX-3 Launch Today (4/14/2014)
- Astronauts Enjoy Great Water on ISS! – Used to be Their Urine (What Did You Expect?) (3/22/2014)
- In Support of Mission 6 to ISS Student Teams, a Re-Post – NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP Program Director, on Orb-1 Launch (3/20/2014)
- SSEP is Honored to Welcome 19 Communities Aboard for Mission 6 to ISS (3/18/2014)
- “My Greatest Moment of My Life So Far” – Michal Bodzianowski, SSEP Mission 4 Student Researcher, Highlands Ranch, Colorado (3/11/2014)
- WATCH LIVE TODAY: The Flight of SSEP M3b Falcon II and M4 Orion – Return to Earth, March 10, 2014 (3/10/2014)
- Currently Aboard ISS, the 15 Mission Patches – Selected From 2,583 Submissions – Representing the Mission 4 Communities (3/9/2014)
- In Honor of the March 10, 2014, Return of Astronauts Hopkins, Kotov, and Ryazanskiy, and the SSEP M3b Falcon II and M4 Orion Experiments Payload, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a Shout-out to Our 2 Canadian SSEP Communities) (3/7/2014)
- We Invite Your Community to Look Up and See ISS Fly Overhead – While There are 23 SSEP Experiments Aboard – Here is How (3/6/2014)
- Update: On-Orbit Operations for SSEP Mission 3b & 4 Experiments – Return to Earth Monday, March 10, 7:00 PM EST (3/5/2014)
- What Do You Do When Over 7,300 Students Start Mission 6 to ISS on February 24, 2014? You Go With Tradition – NASA Johnson Style (2/19/2014)
- The SSEP Mission 4 Orion Experiments: Honoring 11 More Student Flight Teams with Experiments Currently Being Conducted on the International Space Station (2/13/2014)
- Honoring the 12 Student Teams With SSEP Mission 3b Experiments Currently Being Conducted on the International Space Station (2/11/2014)
- International Space Station Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, on SSEP: 21st Century Science Education Thrives Aboard ISS (2/4/2014)
- Flight Operations Update: SSEP Missions 3b and 4 Experiments on ISS (2/2/2014)
- VIDEO: A Gift – Your Planet from the International Space Station, Time Lapse-EARTH (1/29/2014)
- VIDEOS: Astronaut Koichi Wakata Activating SSEP Mission 3b/4 Experiments on ISS (1/27/2014)
- Be Part of the Adventure TODAY – WATCH LIVE: SPACEWALK at ISS Starting at 8:30 am EST (1/27/2014)
- SSEP Mission 3b and 4 Experiments Begin Operations on the International Space Station (1/14/2014)
- NASA JSC Interview: Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Director, Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, on SSEP Orb-1 Launch (1/10/2014)
- WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH – The Flight of 23 SSEP Mission 3b and Mission 4 to ISS Experiments on Orb-1, Liftoff January 8, 1:32 pm ET, MARS (1/7/2014)
- Also Now Available – SSEP Mission 5 to ISS Certificates of Accomplishment: Teachers, Local Partners, and Individuals (1/2/2014)
- NCESSE and Clarke Institute Make Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Community Program Directors for Mission 5 to ISS (1/2/2014)
- Take Pride – From the Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on SSEP and the Future of America’s Space Program (12/19/2013)
- Launch of Orb-1, with 23 SSEP Mission 3b and Mission 4 Experiments Aboard, Postponed Until January 2014 (12/19/2013)
- SSEP FILMS CANADA PRESENTS – The Next Generation of Cancer Researchers – A Mission 3b to ISS Highlight (12/10/2013)
- Flight Operations Update: SSEP Missions 1 Through 6 to ISS (12/9/2013)
- Falcon I Payload of Experiments Received in Houston, Overnighted by FedEx for Delivery to Student Flight Teams Wednesday, November 13, 2013 (11/12/2013)
- 3 Astronauts, Olympic Torch, and SSEP Falcon I Payload on Ground in Kazakhstan, 9:49 PM EST November 10, 2013 (11/10/2013)
- 3:16 am EST, November 9, 2013, Astronaut Karen Nyberg Photographs Super Typhoon Haiyan from International Space Station (11/9/2013)
- On Sunday, November 10, 2013, You’re Invited to Watch Live Right Here, Soyuz 35S Undocking and De-Orbit with SSEP Falcon I Payload of Experiments (11/8/2013)
- WATCH LIVE NOW: Astronauts Mastracchio, Tyurin, and Wakata, and Olympic Torch Arrive at ISS, Will Be Aboard for SSEP Mission 3b and 4 Experiments Payloads (11/7/2013)
- In Honor of the November 10, 2013, Return of Astronauts Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and Parmitano, and the SSEP Falcon I Experiments Payload, a Song by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield (with a Little Help from David Bowie) (11/5/2013)
- ISS Gets Crowded: This Thursday, November 7, 2013, Nine Astronauts, the Olympic Torch, and Prep for Soyuz 35S Return to Earth with Falcon I Payload (11/2/2013)
- The Flight of SSEP Falcon 1: ISS On-Orbit Flight Operations Update, Final Experiment to be Activated November 1, 2013 (10/31/2013)
- Carried on Cygnus and Currently Aboard ISS, The Clarke Institute is Honored to Present the 32 Mission Patches – Selected From 4,840 Submissions – For the 17 Communities of SSEP Mission 3 (10/9/2013)
- New Flight Opportunity for School Districts: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 6 to the International Space Station for 2014 (10/3/2013)
- CASIS and NASA Showcase 3 SSEP Experiments on Cygnus – the First CASIS-Funded Payload to Berth at ISS (9/30/2013)
- BREAKING: Cygnus Spacecraft Captured at ISS, Set to Berth at 9:15 am ET Today – SSEP Falcon 1 Flight Teams Begin Ground Operations Tomorrow (9/29/2013)
- Cygnus Spacecraft Aborts Capture at ISS – Rescheduled for Tuesday, September 24 (9/22/2013)
- NASA LIVE TV COVERAGE – 7:25 am EDT, September 22, Capture and Berthing of Cygnus (9/21/2013)
- THE SOLUTION to the Student Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/21/2013)
- SSEP Mission 3 Falcon I Payload of Experiments Now En Route to ISS Aboard Cygnus Vehicle (9/19/2013)
- 7 SSEP Experiments and All Mission 3 Mission Patches Aboard Antares Rocket – The Flight of the SSEP Falcon I Payload, Wednesday, September 18, 2013,10:50 am EDT (9/17/2013)
- For Mission 5 Student Researchers – A Challenge: Understanding Weightlessness – You Want Me to Take a Bathroom Scale Where? (9/16/2013)
- For the 6,950 Students Starting Mission 5 to ISS this Week, Let’s Get Excited: A Repost of NASA Johnson Style (9/14/2013)
- The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program: An Update for the Start of the 2013-14 Academic Year (9/13/2013)
- SSEP National Conference, July 2-3, 2013, at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Delegations Arrive from Around the Nation (7/1/2013)
- Mission 4 to ISS Flight Experiments Selected: 11 Communities, 66 Institutional Partners, 3,080 Grade 5-12 Students Engaged in Microgravity Experiment Design, 744 Proposals Received, 11 Selected for Flight (6/11/2013)
- Ground Control to Major Tom – Canadian Astronaut, ISS Commander, and Rock Star Chris Hadfield (5/17/2013)
- To School Systems Internationally: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 5 to the International Space Station for 2013-14 (5/14/2013)
- Orbital Sciences D-1 Cygnus Launch Slip – Impacts Flight of Falcon I Payload of SSEP Mission 3 Experiments (5/11/2013)
- Also Now Available – SSEP Mission 4 to ISS Certificates of Accomplishment: Teachers, Local Partners, and Individuals (5/10/2013)
- NCESSE and Clarke Institute Make Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to Community Program Directors for Mission 4 to ISS (5/10/2013)
- Clarke Institute’s SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Experiment Payload on Historic Flight of Orbital Sciences Cygnus, launching from MARS, June 2013 (5/3/2013)
- T-Minus 47 Days for Clarke Institute’s SSEP Mission 3 Liftoff Aboard Soyuz 35S, T-Minus 173 Days for Mission 4 Liftoff Aboard SpaceX-3. Get in the Spirit: EARTH FROM ISS (4/10/2013)
- BREAKING ISS NEWS: New Space Station Residents En Route to Orbiting Laboratory (3/28/2013)
- NCESSE, Clarke Institute, and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Announce 2013 SSEP National Conference to be Held at Museum, July 2-3, 2013 (3/25/2013)
- SSEP Mission 3 Student Researchers from Willis Texas Honored by Texas State Legislature (3/7/2013)
- Virginia General Assembly Honors Russell County Public Schools Involvement in SSEP Mission 2 to ISS with Resolution (3/6/2013)
- Breaking News – Meteoroid Event in Russian Urals (2/15/2013)
- The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education is Proud to Present Gangnam NASA Johnson Style (2/8/2013)
- In Recognition of All The Teachers and Administrators That Make SSEP Possible – A Teacher Certificate of Accomplishment (1/10/2013)
- NEW: Science Return and Reporting Section on SSEP Website for Conference Presentations and Research Papers (1/7/2013)
- NASA FEATURE ARTICLE: Student Scientists Seek and Share Results From Space Station Studies (12/13/2012)
- In Our Own Words: “MAGICAL”, Interlake School Division, Manitoba, Canada – SSEP’s First International Community (12/10/2012)
- TODAY’S NASA LIVE COVERAGE OF SOYUZ TMA-05M DEPARTURE FROM ISS: SSEP Antares and Aquarius II Experiment Payloads Return to Earth (11/18/2012)
- Now Available In USTREAM Archive: November 15, 2012 Live Webcast Between Astronauts Aboard ISS and 9,500 Students of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (11/17/2012)
- NASA Press Release: [SSEP] Students Conduct Live Conversation with Orbiting NASA Astronauts (11/17/2012)
- To Schools Internationally: Announcing Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) Mission 4 to the International Space Station for 2013 (11/17/2012)
- MAJOR SSEP EVENT: Tomorrow, November 15, 2012, 11:35 am to 1:00 pm ET, LIVE Webcast Coverage of Video-Conference Between Astronauts Aboard ISS and 9,500 Students Across 24 SSEP Communities (11/14/2012)
- NCESSE Makes Available SSEP Student Certificates of Accomplishment to SSEP Community Program Directors for Mission 3 to ISS (11/6/2012)
- Preliminary Announcement – Mission 3 to ISS: 17 Communities; 108 Institutional Partners; 6,720 Students Immersed in Real Science; 1,250 Expected Flight Experiment Proposals; 17 Experiments to ISS (10/26/2012)
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