New Student Spaceflight Experiment Program Opportunity Announced

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education has announced a new opportunity for students and communities to participate in the final Space Shuttle mission (STS-135) aboard Atlantis in August of 2011 through the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP).  The deadline for signing a contract for participation is March 15, 2011,  with five-page proposals regarding the micro-gravity experiments due by May 12, 2011.  For more details on the funding and other requirements to participate, visit http://ssep.ncesse.org/ and http://ssep.ncesse.org/2011/01/how-to-participate-in-ssep-on-the-final-flight-of-the-u-s-space-shuttle-program-shuttle-atlantis-sts-135/ and follow the links on SSEP.