The michigan stem partnership, with the national center for. Four hisd schools, estem middle school academy west, garden oaks elementary, johnston middle, and pershing middle schools, participated in the student spaceflight experiments program ssep mission 2 to the iss. Read the participants own descriptions of the impact that ssep had on the lives of many students, parents, teachers and communities. Jan 16, 2019 ssep mission to iss includes an experiment design competition to be held september 4 through november 2, 2018.
The experiment and mission patches chosen for mission will be launched to the international space station in spring 2019. The experiment and mission patches will be carried aboard the orbital sciences unmanned resupply spacecraft cygnus, which is scheduled to launch on. Pending official manifesting, the ssep mission gemini experiments payload including the stockton student experiment is to be carried to the iss aboard spacex crs18 spx18 currently scheduled for launch on monday, july 8, 2019, out of cape canaveral, fl. The patches are flying with the aquarius experiments on spacexs dragon. The experiments returned to earth for student flight team harvesting and analysis on march 19, 2017. Student spaceflight experiments program national center for. Discuss what a mission patch is and how it is designed. Head of school, jeff stroebel, believes that ssep offered a unique opportunity for open window school students.
As a historical note, mission patches have been part of human spaceflight since the days of project mercury in the 1960s see, e. The mascot here is a raptor wearing the clothes of a wizard like those on the special projects flight test squadron patch. The creepy, kitschy and geeky patches of us spy satellite launches there may be method to the madness behind the outlandish designs of. Jul 12, 2011 a mission patch designed by devan baker of potter, nebraska, the grandson of patricia and charlie powers of mccook, nebraska, flies aboard the final flight of space shuttle atlantis. The team from pershing middle which took top honors and johnston middle school student emily soice will represent hisd on the spacex falcon 9 flight in september. Apr 01, 2019 other student spaceflight experiments program pages of interest. Mar 19, 2018 in addition to the microgravity experiment, open window school will send two official mission patches designed by fourth grader sophia sekits and fifth grader cadence ching on the flight. Wellsville class project will be tested on international. The student spaceflight experiments program ssep was launched in june 2010 by the national center for earth and space science education in strategic partnership with nanoracks, llc. The set of ssep mission 1 experiments, called aquarius, was originally slated to fly aboard the soyuz 30. Apollo 1 apollo 7 apollo 8 apollo 9 apollo 10 apollo 11 apollo 12 apollo apollo 14 apollo 15 apollo 16.
The flown patches were then mounted on a certificate of authenticity and issued out to team members of the three organizations involved. Two studentdesigned mission patches will travel to the international space station with the experiment. Feb 18, 2017 open window school will celebrate the launch in an allschool assembly on friday, march 3 where the three students will present their project and all students from kindergarten to eighth grade will receive mission patches to commemorate the space flight carrying the open window school experiment. Ccsd student mission patches heading to international space.
Tell the students they are to design a mission patch that tells a story about their group, their school and their personal goals. Mar 29, 2019 over 12,790 students were engaged in the mission 9 mission patch art and design competitions, resulting in 31 mission patches accompanying the mission 9 flight experiments to iss. Ssep participating communities and local partners student experiments selected for flight ssep in the news program impact from teachers, students, and community leaders mission patches flying with flight experiments ssep national blog for complete program news. Oct 23, 2014 the experiment and mission patches will be carried aboard the orbital sciences unmanned resupply spacecraft cygnus, which is scheduled to launch on october 24, 2014 from nasas wallops flight.
A mission patch designed by devan baker of potter, nebraska, the grandson of patricia and charlie powers of mccook, nebraska, flies aboard the final flight of space shuttle atlantis. Tcaps mission patch designs selected local news record. Click on their patch to see it up close and personal. Springfield students experiment to be launched into. Sep 17, 20 7 ssep experiments and all mission 3 mission patches aboard antares rocket the flight of the ssep falcon i payload, wednesday, september 18, 20,10. The greek letter sigma hangs from the figures neck. Jun 28, 2012 two other experiments are now being prepared for the mission to the international space station in september. Patches shop nasa the gift shop at nasa johnson space. A suite of ssep program elements the community program leverages the flight experiment design competition to engage the entire community, embracing a learning community model for stem education. Stem, ssep potter, nebraska the grandson of a mccook couple designed one of 11 mission patches flying aboard the space shuttle atlantis on its final supply run. Based at a restricted section of edwards air force base called north base, the mission of the 4th was to organize flight tests of electronic warfare. Be part of the adventure on the high frontier consider participating in mission 14 to the international space station, starting september 2019. Liftoff of spacex5 and ssep yankee clipper ii arthur c. There is no restriction on the type of paper or the inks to be used.
Their designs, above, represents our mvusd community and the ssep mission 12 flight experiment. This commemorative patch for a classified flight test of an f22 raptor aircraft at groom lake shares many symbols with the special projects flight test squadron patch. We may be down to one or two of these, so they may disappear off this page, so first come, first served. Once again, the community would conduct its own competition for patch designs and select one or two to be sent to ssep. Feb 17, 2017 you can watch live as the ssep mission 9 to iss flight experiments payload endeavor launches into space saturday, feb. Student experiments to fly aboard dragon spacecraft. A mission patch must be a piece of paper no larger than 3. Clarke institute for space education, are proud to present the 31 mission patches selected for flight to the international space station iss for student spaceflight experiments program ssep mission 9 to iss.
Valley view eagle art student, jessica gonzalez won the high school mission 12 patch contest and vista heights student, khalilah harris won the middle school mission 12 patch contest. Two other experiments are now being prepared for the mission to the international space station in september. The patches will be certified as having flown in space and returned for display in their respective schools. Each mission sends a number of patch designs into orbit also. Instead of creating 10 sections for every program, we have put them in this section. Fairmont elementary and sanger high selected to be part of. When they were returned they were sent to another manufacturer and the red shuttle was added to indicate the flown status. See all the mission patches that flew on sts4 endeavour, sts5 atlantis, and missions 1, 2, and 3 to iss, at the ssep mission patch page, which is found at the separate ssep community network hubsite. Over 12,790students were engaged in the mission 9 mission patch art and design competitions, resulting in 31 mission patches accompanying the mission 9 flightexperiments to iss. International space station 20 years commemorative patch. Open window school will celebrate the launch in an allschool assembly on friday, march 3 where the three students will present their project and all students from kindergarten to eighth grade will receive mission patches to commemorate the space flight carrying the. Ssep mission to iss includes an experiment design competition to be held september 4 through november 2, 2018. The patches on these pages, and throughout the ats thread are from actual operations.
Ssep plans 2 missions to the iss per year for the foreseeable future, and is expanding the program to. Our science experiment is out of this world by helen reed issuu. Berkeley heights student spaceflight experiments program. Lco ojibwe school student team experiment selected for. The 4 mission patches below were developed by clark county school district students for the student spaceflight experiment program ssep and are headed to the international space station on spacex15, which is scheduled to launch on june 28 and may return by the end of july. In addition to the microgravity experiment, open window school will send two official mission patches designed by fourth grader sophia sekits and fifth grader cadence ching on the flight. The design theme is the 50th anniversary of apollo on the moon, and many communities are using ssep mission 14 as a way to commemorate the moon landings the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken by the human race. Flight experiments were selected by december, 2018, for a ferry flight to the. The embroidered patch thus was changed to use falcon 9 upgrade instead of flight numbers.
See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The michigan stem partnership, with the national center. The vvhs mission 12 student team participated in the ssep national conference from june 28 29, 2018 at the smithsonian air and space museum in washington d. Stockton universitystudent spaceflight experiments. Open window school student experiment on international space. Atlantis, discovery, endeavor, challenger and columbia, ab emblem has proudly remained the official supplier of nasa patches, providing mission identification to the many shuttle astronauts, until the last mission sts5 in 2011. An additional 23 mission patches for mission 5 were also aboard, which were selected from 7,169 submissions across the mission 5 communities, but did not make it aboard the mission 5 flight in july 2014 on orb2 as part of the mission 5 charlie brown payload. It was a spacex internal project number mission 30 however. Two more missions to iss have payloads flying in fall 20. This competition is linked to the mission 9 student spaceflight experiments program ssep that is about inspiring.
The patches are part of the ssep project, in which more than 200 flight experiment proposals were submitted by west senior high students. Clarke institute for space education is offering a statewide mission patch competition for high school students. Student spaceflight experiments program ssep sixth. Hilbert student experiment to fly on international space. Iss patches and soyuz patches are available at the space store. Mission patch handbook paperback january 1, 2012 by aerographics author 4. Doug benjamin of the secret special projects flight test squadron was the only air force pilot to fly the aircraft. You can also conduct art and design competitions grades k16 resulting in up to two mission patches to fly with your experiment. The red hats had conducted flight testing of purloined soviet migs and other aircraft at groom lake. Student spaceflight experiments program national center. Dec 23, 2017 as part of ssep mission 12, a mission patch design competition for the wny coalition will begin in january, where students will create original designs in keeping with an almost 60year space flight tradition.
The stockton ssep community mission patch competition received six hundred and fourteen 614 total patch designs. The michigan stem partnership, with the national center for earth and space science education, and the arthur c. In case you missed this mornings very early launch, you can watch below. Mission patches are a time honored tradition in the space flight program and the art reflects the values and ideals of the mission participants. The iss serves as a research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in various sciences. Open window school student experiment on international. The school will also host a mission patch design contest for the two mission patches that will be allowed to fly with the experiment. The international space station is a habitable space craft in low earth orbit. You can watch live as the ssep mission 9 to iss flight experiments payload endeavor launches into space saturday, feb. Sixthgrader heidi kimzey from fairmont elementary and yosselin fernandez from sanger high school. Mission patch stockton student spaceflight experiments project. Space night showcases student spaceflight experiments program ssep mission 9 projects, where.
Beginning in 1981, and including all missions of the shuttle fleet. The selected flight patches shown below resulted from local art and design competitions meant to capture the spirit of ssep in each mission 9 community. Student spaceflight experiments program ssep sixth flight. The first silkscreen patch 930 flight number is incorrect, it was flight 929. List of all mission patches related to spacex launches and technology. This patch was designed by 14yr old ashley tolentino for the falcon early college high school experiment that flew with the nasa ssep mission 12 on spx15. Oct 09, 2014 each mission sends a number of patch designs into orbit also. As part of ssep mission 12, a mission patch design competition for the wny coalition will begin in january, where students will create original designs in keeping with an almost 60year space flight tradition.
Two hisd mission patches designed by estem middle school academy west student abilio sanchez and johnston middle school student sebastian beil from johnston middle school will also. We will have a separate blog post dedicated to the mission patches next week. The winning patch designs accompanied the ssep mission 12 experiment to the international space station in july, 2018 from cape canaveral florida on nasa resupply mission crs15. The student spaceflight experiments program ssep has flown 42 experiments to space, on behalf of students from middle school through community college, on 3 missions. The student spaceflight experiments program ssep has flown 53 experiments to space, on behalf of students from middle school through community college, on 4 missions. We are therefore honored to present information on all 7 experiments launching wednesday. Mission patch stockton student spaceflight experiments.
Two winning mission patches will also be in the mission 12 to the iss payload. The selected flight patches shown below resulted from local art and design competitions meant to capture. Stockton universitystudent spaceflight experiments program, mission 11 student mission patch competition to support the stockton university student spaceflight experiments program ssep, mission 11, a patch design competition will be held at two levels. Clarke institute for space education, are proud to present the 67 mission patches selected for flight to the international space station iss for student spaceflight experiments program ssep mission to iss. Ccsd student mission patches heading to international. After the flight, the mission patches are returned to the community and serveas enduring symbols of the communitys engagement in ssep. They networked with other ssep student scientists from across the nation, brazil, and canada and gave their oral presentation about their experiment details to their colleagues in the moving beyond earth gallery. Elements include flying up to 2 mission patches resulting from an art and design competition across your community, and a ssep community blog for. Sixthgrader heidi kimzey from fairmont elementary and yosselin fernandez from sanger high school created the artwork for the patches. Our science experiment is out of this world by helen reed. In march 1994, the unit became the 4th flight test squadron, nicknamed the bombcats.
In this spirit, each community participating in ssep can fly up to two mission patches to the international space station. The ssep mission 9 to iss endeavor payload of 21 student experiments launched aboard spacex crs10 from nasa kennedy space center, fl, 9. The creepy, kitschy and geeky patches of us spy satellite. The mission patches below were selected from designs submitted by students. The national center for earth and space science education, and the arthur c. One will be at the university level and the second at the. Student experiment back on earth open window school. If an experiment from your community is selected, up to two patches printed on paper from your community can also fly with the experiment. Although the shape of the plane was secret in 1996, the bird of prey patch contained an important clue. Nasa commemorative patches and space patches the space store. The first two rounds of ssep experiments were carried to the station in 2011 aboard space shuttles endeavour and atlantis on their final missions, sts4 and sts5, respectively. Spacex flew thirty dragoneye2 patches on the sts3 space shuttle mission to the iss. Hilbert student experiment to fly on international space station.