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GeneralProgramBriefingRevisedMarch22,2019
Summary:WhatistheStudentSpaceflightExperimentsProgram
Ineachcommunity-
-onestudentteamdesignedexperimentisselectedtoflytoISStobeconductedbytheastronauts
-aLocalTeamofeducatorsdeliversamicrogravitycurriculumtotypically300+students(Grade5-12)
-over9weeks,teamsof3-5studentseachdesignamicrogravityexperimentandwriteaformalresearchproposalvyingfortheflightslot
-aformalproposalreviewculminateswithaNationalReviewBoardselectingthecommunity'sflightexperiment
Breakingnewgroundincommercialspace,SSEPisthefirstpre-collegeSTEMeducationprogramthatisboth– aU.S.nationalinitiativeandimplementedasanon-orbitcommercialspaceventure.SSEPimmerseshundredsofstudentsacrossacommunityinanauthenticresearchproposalcompetitionaspartoftherealSpaceProgram.
Student Researchers from Southside High School, San Antonio,TX.
TheStudentSpaceflightExperimentsProgram(SSEP) isaprogramof theNationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationintheU.S.,andtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducationinternationally. Itisenabledthrough a strategic partnership with DreamUp, PBC and NanoRacks, LLCworkingwithNASAunderaSpaceActAgreementaspartoftheutilizationoftheInternationalSpaceStationasaNationalLaboratory.
DeepInvestmentinPartnership
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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NationalPartners– USASmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseumCenterfortheAdvancementofScienceinSpace(CASIS),andSubaruofAmerica,Inc.
NationalPartners-CanadaMagellanAerospace
LocalPartnersOver1000LocalPartnerstodate,including:schooldistricts,privateschools,28NASASpaceGrantcollegesanduniversities,businesses,foundations,privatephilanthropists,andlocalresearchinstitutionsprovidingscienceadvisors.
• ahighcaliberSTEMeducationprogramforgrades5-16tunedtoNextGenerationScienceStandards(NGSS);
• designedtobeanationalmodelforinspiringandengagingthenextgenerationofscientistsandengineers,andtoaddressscienceliteracy.
CreatedtoAddressU.S.StrategicNeed,SSEPis:
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
Inspire…thenEducate
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
Inspire…thenEducate
StudentsfromStocktonUniversity,Galloway,NJsetupapreliminaryexperimentwithflaxseedsinaFME.
TheBasics
• SSEPwaslaunchedinJune2010byNCESSEinpartnershipwithNanoRacks,LLC.Itisnowjust8yearsold.
• AU.S.nationalScience,Technology,Engineering,andMathematics(STEM)educationinitiativethatgivestypically300+studentsacrossacommunitytheabilitytodesignandproposerealmicrogravityexperimentstoflyinlowEarthorbit,firstaboardtheSpaceShuttleandnowaboardtheISS.
StudentResearchersfromDillardElementarySchool,ElkGrove,CAanalyzingthefirstinaseriesoftrialstestingthehatchrateandgrowthoffairyshrimp.
• SSEPimmersesandengagesstudentsandtheirteachersinrealscience—onthehighfrontier—sothatstudents,asearlyas5thgrade,aregiventhechancetoberesearchers—andexperiencesciencefirsthand.
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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SinceinceptioninJune2010,therehavebeen16SSEPflightopportunities:SSEPonSTS-134andSTS-135—thefinalflightsofSpaceShuttlesEndeavourandAtlantis;andSSEPMissions1through14totheISS.SSEPMission14wasannouncedinearlySpring2019,withprogramoperationsinparticipatingcommunitiesbeginningSeptember3,2019.
ISSCommanderSunitaWilliams
activatingaSSEPFMEMini-laboratory
CommunityNetwork:DataAvailablethroughthefirst15FlightOpportunities(doesnotincludeMission14totheISS)
Mapsarenottoscale
• 178communitieshaveparticipatedfrom41states,theDistrictofColumbia,4ProvincesinCanada,andacommunityinBrazil
TrackRecord:DataAvailablethroughthefirst15FlightOpportunities(doesnotincludeMission14totheISS)
• 1,100+LocalPartners
• 271communityprogramsundertaken;52communitieshaveparticipatedinatleast2andasmanyas9flightopportunities,reflectingthesustainablenatureoftheprogram.
TheFlightTeamfromPSJAThomasJeffersonT-STEMEarlyCollegeHighSchoolrunteststo
analyzehowmicrogravitywill
affectthedevelopmentof
hybridbrineshrimp.
5thgradestudentsfromSettersWayElementaryinFortBend,TXworkonatrialversionoftheirproject,“GrowingSolanumTuberosuminmicrogravity”
StudentsfromWinfieldMiddleSchool,WinfieldCity,ALremovingkudzuseedsfromseedpodsandscarifyingthem.
• 8SSEPNationalConferencesattheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum
TrackRecordcontinued:DataAvailablethroughthefirst15FlightOpportunities(doesnotincludeMission14totheISS)
• 109,950 grade 5-16 students across 2,190 schools fully immersed in microgravityexperimentdesignandproposalwriting;
• Over22,400flightexperimentproposalsreceivedfromstudentteams;
• 240experimentsflownthroughMission12:STS-134 STS-135 M1:SpaceX-D1 M2:SpaceX-1 M3a:Orb-D1 M3b/M4:Orb-1 M5:Orb-2 M6:Orb-3(lost),SpaceX-5(re-flight) M7:SpaceX-7(lost),SpaceX-8(re-flight)M8:SpaceX-9M9:SpaceX-10M10:SpaceX-11M11:SpaceX-12M12:SpaceX-15M13:SpaceX-18,41moreexperimentsexpectedtolaunchSummer2019
AstronautRickyArnoldontheISS,holdingtheSSEPMission12flightmini-labfromHillsboroughCounty,FL.
Above:loadedandassembledType3FMEMini-labRight:graphiclabelingcomponentsofaType3FMEMini-lab
StudentflightexperimentteamsreceiverealflightcertifiedhardwarefabricatedbyNanoRacks.Studentsassemble,fill,seal,andshiptheFMEMini-labtoNanoRacksinHoustoninpreparationforlaunch.
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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FlightHardware:FluidMixingEnclosure(FME)Mini-Lab
Type3FMEMini-labs
Type2FMEMini-labs
Type1FMEMini-labs
FluidMixingEnclosure(FME)Mini-Lab:HeatSealedContainment
• EachSSEPexperimentmustpassNASAFlightSafetyReviewtoensuresamplesposenorisktotheastronautcrew,ferryvehicles,orISS.
• Morelevelsofcontainment=lessrestrictionsonsamples.
• ThecurrentFMEMini-labhas3containmentlevels:themainsiliconetubetogetherwithtwopolyethylenebagsheatsealedaroundthetube.
MissionHighlight:SSEPMission12toISS
LaunchDate:June29,2018at5:42amEDT,SpaceX-15
ReturntoEarth:August3,2018,SpaceX-15
PayloadDesignation:SSEP14–MercuryNamedforNASA’sProjectMercury
NumberofStudentFlightExperiments:34Oneforeachofthe31M12communitiesandasecondfor3ofthe31communities
StudentResearchersfrombothWinnipeg,Manitoba,CanadaflightexperimentteamsforSSEPMission12.
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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• NumberofParticipatingCommunities:31,with3communitiesflying2mini-labs
• TotalNumberofStudentsFullyEngagedinExperimentDesign:12,150fromgrades5-16
• NumberofStudentTeamProposalsSubmitted:2,498
• TotalNumberofProposalsSubmittedforStep2Review:98
• NumberofStudentsEngagedinMissionPatchArtandDesignCompetition:24,831
• TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSubmitted:22,320
• TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSelectedtoFly:55
Mission12totheISS:Scope
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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NASAimageofSpaceX-15nightlaunch
Mission12totheISS:CommunitiesandExperimentSummary
Mission12totheISS:LaunchExperience
M12StudentResearchersconductposter
presentationsforthevisitorship
attheKennedySpaceCenterVisitor’sComplextheday
beforelaunchoftheirSSEPexperiments
SSEPStudentResearchers,theirfamilies,teachers,andothercommunitydelegateswatchlivefromtheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,thelaunchofSpaceX-15carryingtheSSEPMission12experimentspayload.
SSEP2018NationalConference:SmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,June28-29,2018
GroupphotosofSSEPStudentResearchersthatattendedandpresentedatthe2018SSEPNationalConference
Allthosethatworkonthefrontiersofhumanexplorationwerechildrenoncethatdaredtodream.