Student Spaceflight Experiment Program

Congratulations!

Moreno Valley Unified School District did it again! We will be sending another experiment to space and joining the twenty SSEP communities from around the world for the Mission 16 Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) to the ISS .

It has been an exciting first semester for the students and teachers participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program. The Step 1 Review Board selected the three finalists to advance to the Step 2 Review Board, two from VVHS and one from CSHS. The Step 1 Review board members were pleased to see the innovative new research topics and quality work for the submitted flight proposal experiments. Here are the winning proposals and the researching teams for the first round:

Canyon Springs High School

The Effects of Microgravity On Arnica

Students: Izek Presley Diaz, Julietta Marleny Lopez, Albert Joseph Erazo, April Gutierrez, Sandra Marlene Gomez

Teacher: Divina Elbo

Valley View High School

Decomposition of Ants

Students: Daniel Plimley, Ryan Vang, Alex Rivas

Stacy Katzenstein

The Effects of Microgravity On The Germination Of Carrot Seeds

Students: Andrea Cortez, Gerogina Ramirez, Alexis Cueves, Lindsey Luong, Jocelyn Mora

Teacher: Salvador Martinez

The Step 2 Review Board at the National level selected the following experiment to be prepared and sent to the International Space Station for microgravity research:

The Effects of Microgravity On The Germination Of Carrot Seeds

The student researchers for this experiment are:

Andrea Cortez

Gerogina Ramirez

Alexis Cueves

Lindsey Luong

Jocelyn Mora

Teacher: Salvador Martinez

The VVHS student team and Mr. Martinez will spend the spring semester planning and preparing their experiment. It will be launched to the International Space Station this summer. Date TBD