Students from schools in and near Deerfield, Illinois participated in the Go For Launch! event on June 20 22, 2017. Here, members of Team NESS show the certificates they earned for their winning experiment design.

November 8, 2018

Student Spotlight: High School Girls Sent Live Bees to the Space Station

On June 29, 2018, a box of live bees launched to the ISS on the SpaceX CRS-15 mission. The experiment was designed by Team NESS,...

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October 26, 2018

Student Spotlight: Reaching Beyond the Stars

Timothy Kotzur was in sixth grade when his team’s microgravity experiment was selected to fly to the ISS as part of the...

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The setting of the sun over the Pacific Ocean and a towering thundercloud, July 21, 2003 as seen from the International Space Station

October 24, 2018

Sustainability Onboard the ISS

Sustainability as a whole is difficult to define. It encompasses a number of niches with different interpretations. However,...

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The Paran√° River in South America

October 19, 2018

EarthKAM: A Classroom with a View!

We are happy to feature this guest post to wrap up Earth Science Week! Maggi Klug is a graduate student at the University of...

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Kaitlyn and her team watched the SpaceX 14 launch at Banana Creek Viewing Site in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

October 5, 2018

Student Spotlight: From Wisconsin to Space — Twice!

Kaitlyn Twesme is a 9th grader at Lake Mills High School in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. She is a student on the Wisconsin Space...

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Orbital ATKs eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission (OA 8 for short) launched Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. An Antares rocket carried a Cygnus capsule packed with 7,400 pounds of cargo.

September 28, 2018

Student Spotlight: One Space Experiment, Many Opportunities

Devin Askue is a high school senior who participated in the Go For Launch! program in 2016. His team, the Saguaro Snakes,...

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Desmen assembles a model rocket powered by an ESTES engine with a member of Northern Virginian Association of Rocketry (NOVAAR) looking on.

September 21, 2018

Student Spotlight: Launch of a New School Year

Desmen Boykin is an 8th grader at Graham Park Middle School in Triangle, Virginia. He participated in the Go For Launch! program...

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September 14, 2018

Student Spotlight: My Experiences with the Space Crystal Mission

Payton Kelly-Van Domelen is an 8th-grade homeschool student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She was on the team that won the 2017...

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In August 2018, Bryce Hilliard attended Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.

September 7, 2018

Student Spotlight: Postcards from a Space Dreamer

Bryce Hilliard is an eighth grader at Farmwell Station Middle School in Ashburn, Virginia. Ever since he visited the ISS...

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Students measure the height of tomato seedlings grown in their classroom. They determine the average germination and growth rates of their space and control seeds and report the results to the Tomatosphere website.

August 27, 2018

Launch Your School Year with STEAM

Teachers, parents, and students are all gearing up for the 2018-2019 school year, and while supplies are a big focus, we suggest...

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August 24, 2018

Remote Sensing on the ISS: A Unique Perspective of Our Planet

The field of remote sensing is vast and crosses into many areas of science and technology. The International Space Station (ISS)...

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The two students on the left, shown here the day of the SpaceX 14 launch in April 2018, presented their results at the ISS R&D Conference in July.

August 15, 2018

Education: The Year in Review

Part of the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of space...

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