Student Spaceflight Experiments - Deadline to Inquire 6/30/13

Once again, NASA and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education are making available the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program on the International Space Station.  Individual schools (not classes) and districts for grades 5-12 may participate in the program utilizing microgravity experiments designed by students.  Inquiries about participation must be made by no later than 30 June 2013, and proposals, including community participation and funding being secured, must be completed by no later than 4 September 2013; the design process is scheduled to run from 9 September to November 2013.  Selection of projects to be included will take place in December 2013, and the ferry flight will be in Spring of 2014, with an expected return six weeks later.  There will be a national conference at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC in July of 2014.

For further information on the SSEP, please visit SSEP Homepage or call Dr. Jeff Goldstein at 301-395-0770.