[Sunday, April 1, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday.

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[Sunday, April 1, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, April 2, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 19 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Tuesday, April 3, 2012] Last Saturday, during 'Earth Hour', people all over the world turned off non-essential lights to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.

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[Tuesday, April 3, 2012] Flying at an altitude of about 240 miles over the eastern North Atlantic, the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station photographed this nighttime scene. This view looks northeastward.

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[Tuesday, April 3, 2012] Increased scrutiny has been focused on The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the non-profit organization chosen by NASA to manage its research assets aboard the International Space Station

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[Tuesday, April 3, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, April 4, 2012] Boeing successfully completed a parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft today at the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo,

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[Wednesday, April 4, 2012] NASA is seeking formal and informal education organizations to host live in-flight interactive conversations between the next generation of explorers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Wednesday, April 4, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, April 5, 2012] CASIS, the nonprofit organization managing research onboard the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, today named renowned surgeon and researcher Timothy J. Yeatman, M.D., as CASIS Interim Chief Scientist

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[Thursday, April 5, 2012] Three of the six crew members living aboard the International Space Station will take questions from reporters during a news conference on Wednesday, April 11, at 9:15 a.m. CDT.

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[Thursday, April 5, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, April 6, 2012] The center selected to manage the ISS U.S. National Laboratory is not performing the type of work necessary to fulfill NASA's requirements, spurring U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to urge NASA to reconsider the contract awarded to CASIS.

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[Saturday, April 7, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, April 7, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty.

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[Sunday, April 8, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Easter Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 20 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, April 9, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 20 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] Are you following Andre Kuipers' mission through his blog, Twitter or Flickr? Astronauts are sharing the privilege of being in space with the people back at home via social media. Communication with space stations has not always been so easy.

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument to measure air velocity during another system check out in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] A steam plume flows south from the peak of Pagan Island's northernmost volcano in this photograph.

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] European Space Agency's "Edoardo Amaldi" Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) approaches the International Space Station. The unmanned cargo spacecraft docked to the space station at 6:31 p.m. (EDT) on March 28, 2012,

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] Three school student teams in the fifth through eighth grades have been selected as the winners of NASA's second annual Spaced Out Sports challenge. The students designed science-based games that will be played by astronauts aboard the ISS.

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, April 10, 2012] Ice floes along the Kamchatka coastline are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, April 11, 2012] The night lights of the cities of Ireland, in the foreground, and the United Kingdom, in the back and to the right, are contrasted by the bright sunrise in the background.

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[Thursday, April 12, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, April 12, 2012] Soyuz and Progress spacecraft are still lit by the setting sun as the International Space Station flies over Europe at night.

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[Thursday, April 12, 2012] A combustion experiment jointly designed by scientists and engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is currently in operation onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Friday, April 13, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, April 13, 2012] CASIS, the non-profit organization managing the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, today announced a deal with NanoRacks, LLC, to reserve space on the first commercial platform available for researchers outside the ISS in space.

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[Friday, April 13, 2012] European Space Agency's "Edoardo Amaldi" Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) approaches the International Space Station.

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[Friday, April 13, 2012] Mission-X is a worldwide educational initiative supported by ESA and national space agencies to encourage healthy and active lifestyles among children aged 8-12 years. Astronauts are inspiring children to eat healthily and exercise regularly.

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[Friday, April 13, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, April 15, 2012] Science Committee Holds Hearing to Review Plans for the International Space Station

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[Sunday, April 15, 2012] Key Congressional Hearings on FY 2013 NASA Budget Request

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[Sunday, April 15, 2012] American Astronomical Society President Testifies Before House Appropriators

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[Monday, April 16, 2012] NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on Thursday, April 19.

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[Monday, April 16, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty.

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[Monday, April 16, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday C Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 21 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, April 16, 2012] When everything goes right, NASA loves to bask in the glowing PR and does not deter people from lofty comparisons to Star Trek. But when something goes wrong (or might go wrong) they like to lower expectations and say "Rocket science is hard".

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[Monday, April 16, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 21 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Tuesday, April 17, 2012] An international team of aquanauts will travel again to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).

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[Tuesday, April 17, 2012] NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is scheduled for Monday, April 30. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule will liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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[Tuesday, April 17, 2012] Space Shuttle Discovery arrived at her new home today - the National Air and Space Museum at the Udvar-Hazy Center, adjacent to Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, DC.

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[Tuesday, April 17, 2012] The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research on the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, announced today that it is stepping up efforts to maximize use of the ISS.

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[Tuesday, April 17, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, April 18, 2012] The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial missions.

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[Wednesday, April 18, 2012] The first stage of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket stands in launch position during pathfinder operations at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

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[Wednesday, April 18, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, April 19, 2012] NASA transferred space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during a ceremony Thursday, April 19, at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

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[Thursday, April 19, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, April 19, 2012] The Skylab trainer built to train astronauts has been sitting outside at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for a long time. Right now it is simply rotting away when simple measures to protect it could at least slow down the destruction.

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] On April 17, 2012, NASA conducted a test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test-1.

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] Top scientists and heads of the 5 International Space Station partner space agencies will meet on 2–4 May to present results from more than ten years of scientific activities on the orbital outpost and to elaborate on future research perspectives.

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] Boeing has signed an agreement with NASA MOD at Johnson Space Center to collaborate on mission planning, training and flight operations for the company's Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of activities surrounding the upcoming International Space Station crew rotation.

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Don Pettit!

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[Friday, April 20, 2012] The United States remains far and away the world leader in space technology and exploration. As long as appropriate support continues to be forthcoming from Congress, this will remain the case indefinitely.

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[Saturday, April 21, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty.

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[Monday, April 23, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 22 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, April 23, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 22 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, April 23, 2012] A nighttime view of Shanghai is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Monday, April 23, 2012] The trash-filled ISS Progress 46 spacecraft departs from the ISS on April 19, 2012. Russian flight controllers will command the Progress 46 for several days of tests, and then send it to burn up in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

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[Monday, April 23, 2012] After reviewing our recent progress, it was clear that we needed more time to finish hardware-in-the-loop testing and properly review and follow up on all data.

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[Tuesday, April 24, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, April 25, 2012] Sources report that ProOrbis is considering taking formal legal action against the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).

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[Wednesday, April 25, 2012] This is most definitely not hydroponics; my roots are not submerged in a bag of water. This is aeroponics, a rather new method for raising plants without soil and without large volumes of water.

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[Wednesday, April 25, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2012] One night in January I got frustrated trying to find something on NASA's Human Spaceflight website(s). So, I decided to map them.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2012] The Orion Ground Test Vehicle arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Operations & Checkout (O&C) Facility on April 21.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2012] In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, conducts the first of three sessions on the ROBoT simulator in preparation for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon.

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Light-duty day for the crew: Sleep cycle shift to accommodate tomorrow morning's Soyuz 28S undocking (7:03am EDT): • Wake 1 (this morning): 2:00am

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space.

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] On Monday, April 30, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will webcast a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket's nine powerful Merlin engines in preparation for the company's upcoming launch.

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] Cloud vortices off the Pacific coast of Mexico's Baja California were captured by one of the six expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station as three of their number ready for their return trip to Earth in a few days.

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen off in the distance behind the Statue of Liberty, Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York.

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[Friday, April 27, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Oleg, André and Don: Welcome to Expedition 31!

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[Saturday, April 28, 2012] If the ISS is going to demonstrate its long-term value as a research facility and technology testbed, all research-related planning and support will need to be executed with greater urgency to maximize utilization of the space.

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[Saturday, April 28, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty. The crew is back on normal wake/sleep cycle (2:00am-5:30pm EDT)

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[Monday, April 30, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 1 of Increment 31 (three-person crew).

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