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SUBJECT LINE: For Your District: New  2013 Student Experiments Opp. (G5-12) 
on International Space  Station

December 4, 2012

Announcing the Student Spaceflight  Experiments Program (SSEP) Sixth Flight 
Opportunity - SSEP Mission 4 to the  International Space Station for 2013

We Are Truly Inviting YOUR  Students to be Real Researchers, and Your 
Community to Be Part of America’s  Space Program

Opportunity for Schools and Districts to Engage Their  Grade 5-12 Students 
in Very Real Microgravity Experiment Design for Flight to  the International 
Space Station (ISS)


MILESTONE  DATES:

February 25 to  April 29, 2013: 9-Week Experiment Design Phase in Your  
Community
May 30, 2013:  Selection of Your Community’s Flight  Experiment
mid-October 2013:   Ferry Flight to ISS  
mid-November 2013:  Ferry Flight Return to Earth  
early July 2013, and 2014:  National Conference in  Washington, DC



TIME CRITICAL: 
ALL INTERESTED  COMMUNITIES ARE ASKED TO READ THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY AND 
INQUIRE BY DECEMBER 31,  2012; schools and districts need to assess interest 
with their staff and, if  appropriate, move forward with an Implementation Plan.

DEADLINE FOR  COMMUNITIES TO BE ABOARD (approved Implementation Plan and
funded):  February 18, 2013. To meet this deadline, the Center needs to 
begin  working with interested communities as soon as possible.

NEXT STEPS  - WE ARE ON A FAST TRACK:
1. CAREFULLY read the Student Spaceflight  Experiments Program home page 
(link below), which includes links to all  aspects of the program, including 
program operations, how to participate,  profiles of the 51 communities 
participating to date, and summaries of all  selected flight experiments. Also 
below are the links to extensive media  coverage, and program testimonials 
from community leadership.

2.  Contact us via the SSEP home page, or call Jeff Goldstein directly at:  
301-395-0770

SSEP HOMEPAGE: _http://ssep.ncesse.org_ (http://ssep.ncesse.org/) 

MEDIA  COVERAGE: _http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/in-the-news/_ 
(http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/in-the-news/) 

TESTIMONIALS:  _http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/in-our-own-words/_ 
(http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/in-our-own-words/) 

Be  part of history by making history

CONTACT: 

Dr.  Jeff Goldstein, Center Director and SSEP Program Creator
Cell: 301-395-0770  or [log in to unmask] (mip:[log in to unmask]) 
National Center  for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) 
_http://ncesse.org_ (http://ncesse.org/)  PO Box 3806 Capitol  Heights, Maryland 20791