SSEP Interest Meeting Mission 22: Fly an Experiment to the International Space Station
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Adelphi University is participating in Mission 22 of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), and one Adelphi student team’s experiment is confirmed to fly aboard the International Space Station.
Interested in designing an experiment that could actually fly in space? Join us for the SSEP Interest Meeting and take the first step toward a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
What is SSEP?
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) gives undergraduate students the chance to design real microgravity experiments that launch to the International Space Station. Your team’s proposal goes through the same peer-review process used by professional researchers—and the winning experiment flies!
How It Works
- Form a team (minimum 2 students—larger groups welcome)
- Work with a faculty advisor and a research advisor
- Design an original experiment and write a formal proposal
- Proposal Window: September 1 – November 3, 2026
- Proposal Deadline: November 3, 2026
- Launch to the ISS: Late Spring 2027 (return to Earth ~6 weeks later)
Who Can Apply?
Open to all Adelphi undergraduate students in any class year.
Students with physics, biology, chemistry or environmental science majors are especially encouraged to apply.
Why Participate?
- Fly real hardware: Your experiment launches to the ISS in an actual microgravity lab (no simulation!)
- Own the research: You ask the question, write the proposal, and defend it like a real scientist
- Build your résumé: Stand out on grad school, med school, and job applications with undergraduate research and flight-proposal experience
For more information, please contact Dr. Liang at kliang@adelphi.edu or email the SPARK Center at spark@adelphi.edu.
SSEP is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), enabled through collaboration with Rhodium Scientific and NASA. This research is supported by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space and NASA (agreement 80JSC018M0005) and Rhodium Scientific (agreement UA-2021-8282).