PPSC and UCCS Students Prepare to Launch Experiment to International Space Station 

After nearly a year of work, students from Pikes Peak State College (PPSC) and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) are preparing to send an experiment to the International Space Station (ISS), giving local college students the opportunity to take research from the classroom to microgravity.  The student experiment is scheduled to launch no earlier thanTuesday, Oct. 13 as part of Mission 21 of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) with mission support from Rhodium Scientific as the spaceflight implementation partner. The launch is currently scheduled for 6:33 am ET. Launch dates and times are subject to change.