Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Founder(s)Jeff Goldstein, director, NCESSE
EstablishedJune 2010
MissionSTEM student outreach
HeadJeff Goldstein
Key peopleStacy Hamel, Senior Flight Operations Manager
John Hamel, Flight Operations Manager
Kirsten Weimer, Education Program Coordinator
Drew Roman, Technology Manager
Harri Vanhala, Science Advisor
Tim Livengood, Science Advisor
Michael Hulslander, Education Advisor[1]
Websitehttp://ssep.ncesse.org/

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) provides an opportunity for student groups from upper elementary school through university to design and fly microgravity experiments in low Earth orbit (LEO).[2] SSEP is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE, a project of the Tides Center), the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education, and the private space hardware company NanoRacks.[3] SSEP operates under a Space Act Agreement between the sponsoring organizations and NASA, allowing the International Space Station (ISS) to be utilized as a national laboratory.[4]

  1. ^ "Key Individuals". ssep.ncesse.org. National Center for Earth and Space Science Education.
  2. ^ "Student Spaceflight Experiments Program". ncesse.org. National Center for Earth and Space Science Education. 30 October 2012.
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  4. ^ "Student Spaceflight Experiments Program – Mission 6 to the International Space Station". spaceref.com. SpaceRef Interactive Inc. 30 October 2013.