“Who knew rust could be so beautiful!” remarked Kai, as the image emerged on the screen connected to the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). On invitation, Kai Turner and Alec Lewis, recent high school graduates from iLEAD’s Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School (SCVi), in Castaic, CA, accompanied by Kathleen Fredette, Director of STEAM Initiatives for...Read More
As a high school student, I had the opportunity to design, test, and build a science experiment through a program called N.A.S.A. HUNCH. I witnessed my project launch, and then recovered the results in what was easily the most educational process I had ever been a part of. I learned more during my ISS...Read More
This is an interview with Valkyrie Falciani and Danielle Ertz, two students who participated in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program, a DreamUp partner, while attending Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. Their experiment, “Spores in Space” uses a MixStix to investigate the function of microgravity on endomycorrhizae, which is the symbiotic relationship between certain types...Read More
The following is an e-mail that Dave Trejo, Founding Director of iLEAD Pacioma, wrote to his staff as he returned from the SpaceX 12 Launch on August 14, 2017. Through the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program‘s partnership with DreamUp, a small group of iLead Pacioma 6th graders launched a microgravity experiment to the International Space Station via...Read More
University Teams from Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Duisburg-Essen Will Send Their Experiments to the International Space Station DreamUp is thrilled to announce the selection process for the Überflieger competition is complete! The three winning student teams come from Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Stuttgart and University of Duisburg-Essen. The winners’ experiments will be launched to the...Read More
