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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

Inspire…thenEducate

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:





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.



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.



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.



•  NumberofParticipatingCommunities:31,with3communitiesflying2mini-labs

•  TotalNumberofStudentsFullyEngagedinExperimentDesign:12,150fromgrades5-16

•  NumberofStudentTeamProposalsSubmitted:2,498

•  TotalNumberofProposalsSubmittedforStep2Review:98

•  NumberofStudentsEngagedinMissionPatchArtandDesignCompetition:24,831

•  TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSubmitted:22,320

•  TotalNumberofMissionPatchesSelectedtoFly:55

Mission12totheISS:Scope



NASAimageofSpaceX-15nightlaunch

Mission12totheISS:CommunitiesandExperimentSummary

Mission12totheISS:LaunchExperience

M12StudentResearchersconductposter

presentationsforthevisitorship

attheKennedySpaceCenterVisitor’sComplextheday

beforelaunchoftheirSSEPexperiments

SSEPStudentResearchers,theirfamilies,teachers,andothercommunitydelegateswatchlivefromtheSmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,thelaunchofSpaceX-15carryingtheSSEPMission12experimentspayload.

SSEP2018NationalConference:SmithsonianNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,June28-29,2018

GroupphotosofSSEPStudentResearchersthatattendedandpresentedatthe2018SSEPNationalConference

Allthosethatworkonthefrontiersofhumanexplorationwerechildrenoncethatdaredtodream.

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