As the student teams have been preparing their experiment proposals for the SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station, we have been fielding questions about various aspects of the process, from the basic operation of the Fluids Mixing Enclosure to details on completing the proposal. As we address these questions, the answers are not only given to the teams who ask them, but they also are placed in the SSEP Mission 1 to ISS: Flight Experiment FAQ for all student teams to see. All teams are advised to check the FAQ to see if it contains an answer to a question they may have wondered about or if it will give them additional ideas for finalizing their experiment design. The FAQ is accessed through the “Resources” link in the navigation banner at the top of any SSEP web page.
The SSEP on-orbit research opportunity is enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is working in partnership with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.