TEXARKANA, Texas A microgravity experiment developed by a group of sixth graders at the Texarkana Independent School District is heading to the International Space Station in 2022, following a rigorous selection process through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.
Note: The launch of the CRS-5
is set for 6:20 am ET, January 6, on SpaceX-5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, adjacent to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
I thought it would be important to put up a blog post on the October 28, 2014, loss of Orb-3 and the SSEP Mission 6
Yankee Clipper payload of experiments, something that could capture the experience in that moment. I think it is an important story to share with the thousands of SSEP students across the nation and in Canada who are invested in this program. It’s a rare and powerful teachable moment on the realities of exploration on the human frontier. It is I think a life lesson.Here it is –