Deadlines for Student Experiments
- Student Experiment
Apr 16: Facebook Live for Genes in Space
To help students and teachers prepare proposals, due Apr 26, Genes in Space will have a Facebook Live training session, at 8pm EDT.
Genes in Space Faceboook Live - Student Experiment
Apr 25: Genes in Space
Students propose DNA experiments using a gene replication device on ISS. Deadline for experiment design. Genes in Space
- Student Experiment - Conference
Apr 26: Submit abstract for ISS R&D conference
The annual ISS R&D conference (July 29-Aug 1 in Atlanta) is the major annual event to connect everyone involved with ISS – astronauts, scientists, businesses, students, educators.
Deadline to submit your abstract for oral presentation or poster.
ISS R&D abstract - Student Experiment
May 15: School contact with ISS by ham radio
Schools apply to host a ham radio contact with astronauts, using Amateur Radio on ISS (ARISS).
Deadline for application.
ARISS application process - Student Experiment
June 15: Quest for Space level 3
Summer workshop for teachers, to learn how to support students as they design experiments for launch to ISS.
Deadline for application.
Quest for Space - Student Experiment
Aug 26: Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Students design an experiment using a mini-lab on the ISS.
Deadline for letter of commitment and confirmed local funding.
SSEP Mission 14
April 2019
- Student Experiments Launch
April 17: NG-11 Launch to ISS
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch a Cygnus cargo freighter from Wallops Island, Virginia, to deliver supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Launch time: 4:46 pm Eastern.
Student Experiments on NG-11: Quest Lab - Student Experiment
Apr 17: ARISS radio contact - Quebec City, Canada
Students in Quebec City, Canada use ham radio to ask astronauts questions.
Start time: 4:55pm Eastern
List of student questions - Student Experiments Launch
April 26: SpaceX CRS-17 Launch to the ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to deliver supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station, including several student experiments.
Launch time: 5:55am Eastern.
Student experiments on SpaceX 17: Genes in Space, Story Time from Space, WI space Crystals, Quest for Space
May 2019
- ISS event
May 17: SpaceX 17 unbearths
SpaceX 17 completes its time connected to the ISS. It will bring back to Earth completed experiments.
- Conference
May 17-20: Maker Faire Bay Area
Maker Faire celebrates the creativity of making things. Space Station Explorers has a featured spot, highlighting the many ways people can make things about, with, on and connected to the ISS.
Maker Faire Bay Area - Conference
May 31 - June 1: Michigan Space Forum
Space has a growing role in Michigan’s economy. This annual forum highlights the new space businesses and the need to educate the workforce of the future. Space Station Explorers will attend and present about the power of ISS education.
Michigan Space Forum