MICROGRAVITY EDUCATION NEWS #16, 2/24/98

from Dennis Stocker

(1) SCHOOL SPACE EXPERIMENT OPPORTUNITY	NASA's Space Experiment Module (SEM) program is currently offering the opportunity for schools to fly experiments on the STS-95 Space Shuttle mission, scheduled for October 1998. This mission has attracted recent media coverage due to the selection of Senator John Glenn, Jr. as a Payload Specialist. As the mission is scheduled for this fall, there is a tight schedule as shown below: March 9 experiment proposals due to NASA March 16 selection of candidates March/April candidates submit schematics and materials list August 10 experiments due to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The current solicitation is for both active (requiring battery power) and passive (unpowered) experiments. Visit the SEM homepage (see above) for more information on how to participate.
(2) RETURN TO THE MOON ON THE WWW	Moonlink is an educational program that allows middle and high school students to participate in the Lunar Prospector's 1-year survey of the moon. The Lunar Prospector spacecraft was launched on January 6, 1998 to map the moon's surface from a lunar orbit. Through the WWW, participating students can interact with the mission controllers and investigate a 150-km square area of the lunar surface. The program costs $450 for a team of 12 to 24 students.

(1) SCHOOL SPACE EXPERIMENT OPPORTUNITY

NASA's Space Experiment Module (SEM) program is currently offering the opportunity for schools to fly experiments on the STS-95 Space Shuttle mission, scheduled for October 1998. This mission has attracted recent media coverage due to the selection of Senator John Glenn, Jr. as a Payload Specialist. As the mission is scheduled for this fall, there is a tight schedule as shown below:

March 9 experiment proposals due to NASA
March 16 selection of candidates
March/April candidates submit schematics and materials list
August 10 experiments due to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The current solicitation is for both active (requiring battery power) and passive (unpowered) experiments. Visit the SEM homepage (see above) for more information on how to participate.

(2) RETURN TO THE MOON ON THE WWW

Moonlink is an educational program that allows middle and high school students to participate in the Lunar Prospector's 1-year survey of the moon. The Lunar Prospector spacecraft was launched on January 6, 1998 to map the moon's surface from a lunar orbit. Through the WWW, participating students can interact with the mission controllers and investigate a 150-km square area of the lunar surface. The program costs $450 for a team of 12 to 24 students.