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GeneralProgramBriefingRevisedFebruary3,2020
• IsahighcaliberSTEMeducationprogramforgrades5-16tunedtonextgenerationnationalscienceeducationstandards;
• Isdesignedtobeanationalmodelforinspiringandengagingthenextgenerationofscientistsandengineers,andtoaddressscienceliteracy.
11thgradersfromFitchburg,MAruntitrationstooptimizetheirSSEPflightexperiment
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducation
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NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducation
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CreatedtoAddressU.S.StrategicNeed,SSEP:
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducation
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NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducation
Inspire…thenEducate
BreakingNewGroundinCommercialSpace:
SSEPisthefirstpre-collegeSTEMeducationprogramthatisboth–
aU.S.nationalinitiativeandimplementedasanon-orbit
commercialspaceventure.
InsidetheKiboModuleofISS.PhotocourtesyofNASA.
• AformalproposalreviewculminateswithaNationalReviewBoardselectingthecommunity'sflightexperiment.
• Studentteamsaregiventheopportunitytopresenttheirexperimentdesignattheirveryownresearchconference,typicallyheldattheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum.
SSEP Student Researchers from Southside High School,SanAntonio,TX.
CommittedtoStudentOwnershipinExploration,toScienceasaJourney,andtotheJoysofLearning
IneachSSEPcommunity:
• OnestudentteamdesignedexperimentisselectedtoflytotheISStobeconductedbyastronauts.
• LocaleducatorsdelivertheSSEPmicrogravitycurriculumtotypically300+students.• Over9weeks,teamsof3-5studentseachdesignamicrogravityexperimentandwritea
formalresearchproposalvyingforthecommunity’sflightslot.
TheStudentSpaceflightExperimentsProgram(SSEP)isaprogramoftheNationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducation(NCESSE)intheU.S.,andtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpace Education internationally. SSEP is enabled through a strategic partnership withNanoracks LLC and DreamUp PBC, which are working with NASA under a Space ActAgreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a NationalLaboratory. NCESSE, the Clarke Institute, Nanoracks, and Dream Up are designated SSEPStrategicPartners.
DeepInvestmentinPartnership:StrategicPartners–theSSEPTeam
• SmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum
• InternationalSpaceStationNationalLaboratory–ManagedbytheCenterfortheAdvancementofScienceinSpace(CASIS)
• SubaruofAmerica,Inc.
• TheNationalSpaceGrantCollegeandFellowshipProgram
• MagellanAerospace
• BigKidScience
• NASANebraskaSpaceGrantConsortium
• CarnegieInstitutionofWashington/CarnegieAcademyforScienceEducation
SSEPNationalPartnersprovideuniqueassetsandcapabilitiesthatenhancetheprogramonanationallevel.NCESSEandtheClarkeCenterareproudtopartnerwiththefollowingorganizationsontheSSEP–
DeepInvestmentinPartnership:NationalPartners&Sponsors
DeepInvestmentinPartnership:LocalPartners&Sponsors
• Over1,250LocalPartnershavesupported303SSEPcommunityprogramsin191uniquecommunitiesacrosstheU.S.,Canada,andBrazil.Todate,58communitieshavetakenpartinatleast2,andasmanyas9,flightopportunities.
• Over2,400schoolshaveparticipatedinSSEPprogrammingwiththeirgrade5-16students.
• 34SpaceGrantconsortiahaveprovidedpartialsupportfor142ofthe303SSEPcommunityprogramsconductedtodate.
SSEPLocalPartnersprovidethatenablesSSEPatthecommunitylevel.Eachcommunityhasitsownunique approach to their SSEP community experience. Local partners assist communities insuccessfullydeliveringtheSSEPexperience,andincludeschooldistricts,privateschools,NASASpaceGrantleadinstitutions,otherUniversities,businesses,foundations,privatephilanthropists,andlocalresearchinstitutions.NCESSEandtheClarkeCenterareproudtopartnerwiththeseinstitutionsandindividualsthatareintroducingthefrontiersofhumanexploration–andrealscience–tograde5-16students.
TheBasics
• SSEPwaslaunchedinJune2010byNCESSEinpartnershipwithNanoRacks,LLC.Itisnowalmost10yearsold.
• 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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Topleft,ISSCommanderSunitaWilliamsactivatesaSSEPFMEMini-lab.Bottomleft,AstronautRickyArnold,ontheISSholdingtheSSEPMission12flightmini-labfromHillsboroughCounty,FL.
LaunchHistory16SSEPFlightOpportunitiesSinceJune2010
• STS-134(finalflightofSpaceShuttleEndeavour)• STS-135(finalflightoftheU.S.SpaceShuttle
Program)• M1:SpaceX-D1(demonstrationflightforSpaceX
commercialresupply)• M2:SpaceX-1 • M3a:Orb-D1(demonstrationflightforOrbital
Sciencescommercialresupply) • 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-9• M9:SpaceX-10• M10:SpaceX-11• M11:SpaceX-12• M12:SpaceX-15• M13:SpaceX-18
Todate,SSEPMissionshaveflownon:
CommunityNetwork:303SSEPCommunityProgramsToDate
Todate,SSEPprogramminghasbeenconductedbycommunitiesin42statesandtheDistrictofColumbiaintheU.S.,5ProvincesinCanada,andacommunityinBrazil.
Mapsarenottoscale
TrackRecordToDate
• 303communityprogramshavebeendeliveredin191communitiesfrom42states,theDistrictofColumbia,5ProvincesinCanada,andacommunityinBrazil.
• 58communitieshaveparticipatedinatleast2andasmanyas9flightopportunities,reflectingthesustainablenatureoftheprogram.
• 126,600grade5-16studentsacross2,482schoolswerefully immersed in microgravity experiment design andproposalwriting.
• 25,518flightexperimentproposalsreceivedfromstudentteams.
• 314experimentsselectedforflight.281experimentshaveflown.33experimentsrepresentingMission14areexpectedtolaunchSummer2020.
• 9NationalConferencesheldattheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseumandtheStephenF.Udvar-HazyCenter,the10thislikelyJune/July2020.5thgradestudentsfromFortBend,TXconductatrialoftheir
project,“GrowingSolanumTuberosuminmicrogravity”
StudentsfromWinfield,ALremovekudzuseedsfrompodsbeforescarifyingthem.
StudentsfromHoustonrecordPlanarianpre-flightdata.
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:SSEPMission13toISS
LaunchVehicle:SpaceX-18
LaunchDate:July25,2019at6:01pmEDT
ReturntoEarth:August27,2019,SpaceX-18
PayloadDesignation:SSEP15–GeminiNamedforNASA’sProjectGemini
NumberofStudentFlightExperiments:41Oneforeachofthe38M13communities;36communitiesflew1experiment,1communityflew2experiments,and1communityflew3experiments
StudentResearchersfrombothWinnipeg,Manitoba,Canadaflightexperimentteamsfor
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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UniversitySystemofMarylandstudentsperform
preliminaryexperimentsandanalyze
cultures.
Elementaryschool
studentstesttheir
crystalexperiment
beforeflight.
• NumberofParticipatingCommunities:38,with1communityflying2mini-labsand1communityflying3experiments
• TotalNumberofStudentsFullyEngagedinExperimentDesign:23,117fromgrades5-16
• NumberofStudentTeamProposalsSubmitted:3,683
• TotalNumberofProposalsSubmittedforStep2Review:122
• NumberofStudentsEngagedinMissionPatchArtandDesignCompetition:34,145
• TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSubmitted:21,200
• TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSelectedtoFly:67
Mission13totheISS:Scope
NationalCenterforEarthandSpaceScienceEducationandtheArthurC.ClarkeInstituteforSpaceEducation
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NASAimageofSpaceX-15nightlaunch
Mission13totheISS:CommunitiesandFlightExperiments,1-19
Mission13totheISS:CommunitiesandFlightExperiments,20-38
SSEP2019NationalConference:StephenF.Udvar-HazyCenter,July1-2,2019
PhotosofSSEPStudentResearchers,andattendeesofthe2019SSEPNationalConference
InTheirOwnWords
EPICMOTIVATION&INSPIRATIONtobethebeststudentscientistambassadorsforCanada&theworld.Theprogramhasmeantamonumentalshiftinthinkingaboutscienceanditsfutureimpacts.Ourkidshavedreamthugedreamsofcures,treatments,andsolutionstosomeoftheworld’sgreatestchallenges:disease,healthpromotion,hunger,foodproduction,wastereductionandinnovativefuelsources.Ithasimpactedthewaytheyviewscience,engineering,technologyandmathinanexhilaratingandcaptivatingway...SimplyputithasbeenMAGICAL!
—MariaNickel,SSEPCommunityProgramDirector
Providingthiskindoflife-changingopportunitytostudentsiswhatkeepsusenergizedtocometoworkeverymorning...—TerryTeays,PhD.,AssistantDirector,MarylandSpaceGrantConsortium
Thiswholethingissounbelievable.Wearedoingrealscienceresearchthatreallymatters.Whatwedesignwillreallyflyinspaceaboardtheverylastspaceshuttlemission.Thiscouldbealife-changerforme.ItissomethingthatIwillsomedaytellmygrandkidsabout.Howcool!
—IsaacJepsen,SSEPStudentResearcher(Senior),Iowa
SSEPisthebestreallifeapplicationprogramthatmystudentshaveeverexperienced!—AlisonThammovongsa,SSEPCommunityProgramDirector
ItisnotoftenthatanopportunitylikeSSEPcomesalong,withsuchanopportunitytocreatealastinglegacyforstudents,communities,andthenation.AstheDirectoroftheIndianaSpaceGrantConsortium,IamhonoredandhumbledtosupportthisworthyadditiontoIndiana’slegacyofspaceflightandexploration;assomeonewhohashadapassionforspacesinceIwassix,Iamexcitedfor,andinaweof,whatthestudentsfromAvicennaAcademyinCrownPointareaccomplishingsoearlyintheirlives.
—BarrettS.Caldwell,Ph.D.,Director,IndianaSpaceGrantConsortium
ThismightbethebestexperienceIhaveeverhad.TheopportunitytoworkwithothersthatenjoyscienceasmuchasIdowasgreat.Itopenedmyeyestohowthescientificmethodisusedinreallife.Thishasshownmethatifyouworkasateamandbounceideasoffeachotheryoucanaccomplishanything.
—AlexA.,SSEPStudentResearchers(Grade8),NorthCarolina
[SSEP]maybethemostimportantdevelopmentforthefutureoftheU.S.spaceprogram.–J.R.Dailey,DirectoroftheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum
Allthosethatworkonthefrontiersofhumanexplorationwerechildrenoncethatdaredtodream.