Kansas City SSEP Mission 5 Rocket . . .3,2,1 . . Blast Off!
A project in Kansas City, MO by Paula Holmquist000days
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Middle-schoolers designed a microgravity experiment that's going to the ISS! Help us send them to the launch in Wallops Island, VA.
Backers: 100
Average Pledge Per Backer: $107
Funded: $10,710 of $10,500
Dates: Apr 1st -> Apr 30th (29 days)
Project By: Paula Holmquist
Backers: 100
Average Pledge Per Backer: $107
Funded: $10,710 of $10,500
Dates: Apr 1st -> Apr 30th (29 days)
Project By: Paula Holmquist
$10,710
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 30 @ 01:31 -0400 GMT
102%
of goal
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Latest News
We met our Kickstarter Goal of $10,500 to send students to the rocket launch! Thank You! 
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who donated . . . all 99 of you who have contributed $10,600 to exceed our goal of $10,500! We're fully funded!Some very happy students will be headed to Wallops Island, VA to see the Antares Rocket blast off from the Mid-Atlantic... (Read More)
SSEP Mission 5 Students heading into the countdown of their Kickstarter campaign
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
KMBC-TV's Len Jennings interviewed students who are trying to get to the launch of the Kansas City microgravity experiment scheduled for launch June 9. Watch the interview that appeared on the 6 p.m. News tonight! (Read More)
8th Grade SSEP Mission 5 students featured on national blog this morning
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The all-girl Team Defying Microgravity is the top story on "She the People" a women's blog published by the Washington Post. We're hoping the national exposure will help boost our Kickstarter campaign. We have just 5 days left to fund our campaign.... (Read More)
WDAF-TV's Phil Witt interviewed 5 Kansas City girls . . . students involved in SSEP Mission 5
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
WDAF-TV Phil Witt and Cameraman Don pose with the girls who are involved in the commercial space program through SSEP Mission 5. Watch WDAF tomorrow to get an update! (Read More)
The countdown has begun . . . .just 14 days left to raise $9,159 to get students to the launch!
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Our dashboard . . .we've got a ways to go! (Read More)
SSEP Mission 5 Students Work with Nanoracks in Next Steps before Launch
April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The Kansas City SSEP Mission 5 team who is sending their microgravity experiment to the ISS hit another milestone yesterday, as they prepared their experiment to be shipped to Nanoracks in Houston, TX, for integration into the commercial payload... (Read More)
Kansas City's SSEP Mission 5 Experiment Explained Using Sight Deck Technology
April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 Here's Maureen Egan at Sight Deck KC, explaining in (2 minutes and 48 seconds) all about the SSEP Mission 5 microgravity experiment she and her three other team member... (Read More)
SSEP Mission 5 Communities - Kansas City is 1 of 15 going to the ISS!
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
As you can see by this map, Kansas City is the only Midwest community sending a microgravity experiment to the ISS on SSEP Mission 5! Yellow pins = communities first SSEP Mission. Green pins = communities participating 2 or more times. (Read More)
Every SSEP Mission 5 community sends a Mission Patch to the ISS. . . . here's ours!
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
My Ly, Della Lamb 8th grader and designer of KC's SSEP Mission 5 Patch (Read More)
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