NanoRacks, LLC and
The Quest Institute for Quality Education are critical links between participating schools or organizations and the ISS.
The Quest Institute is proud to partner with NanoRacks, LLC as our vendor to get our hardware approved, transported and operational on the ISS. Our entire space station opportunity is made available by NanoRacks, LLC via its Space Act Agreement with NASA's U.S. National Lab.
A contract with NanoRacks is held by The Quest Institute for Quality Education. All schools and organizations including Valley Christian Schools obtain an annual contract with the Quest Institute to fly their science experiments to the ISS via NanoRacks.
Many organizations have already joined Valley Christian in taking experiments to the ISS in 2012-13!
Valley Christian High School's AMSE Team is delighted to announce that the following, CONFIRMED, schools and organizations that are developing MicroLab experiments along with the VCHS team:
- Fremont Christian High School
- Riverside Christian High School
- Maranatha Christian High School
- Girl Scouts of the Islands of Hawaii
- Minnehaha Christian High School
- Los Gatos High School
- BEWiSE organization of San Diego
- Valley Christian High School of San Jose, CA
2012-13 ISS Program Videos
Valley Christian High School ISS Program Videos
KTVU Channel-2 TV News Story (click on San Jose School story)
KPIX Channel-5 TV "Cool Schools" Story
VCHS ISS Overview Video: Sending Experiments to the International Space Station
Maranatha Christian High School ISS Program Videos
Real Science Video and News Story
KUSI TV News Story
Pomerado News Story
CBS8 TV News Story
Riverside Christian High School ISS Program Videos
ABC Channel-7 TV News Story
Press-Enterprise News Article
Minnehaha Academy ISS Program Videos
WCCO Channel-6 TV News Story
Astronaut Dr. Tom Marshburn Video about the Minnehaha ISS Project
Student Ashley Lundeen Video Summary of the Minnehaha ISS Project
Questions?
Please contact Mr. Vavken: wvavken@vcs.net
Werner Vavken, VCS AMSE Advisory Board Chair