[Sunday, January 1, 2012] Happy New Year! All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Off-duty day for the Expedition 30/31 crew.

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[Monday, January 2, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. US Holiday. Crew off duty. Underway: Week 7 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Tuesday, January 3, 2012] Three crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 31 and 32 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 11, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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[Tuesday, January 3, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-2 Ivanishin performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, January 4, 2012] Using powerful magnets to levitate fruit flies can provide vital clues to how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space, researchers at The University of Nottingham say.

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[Wednesday, January 4, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Thursday, January 5, 2012] The two service modules shown below are being integrated and assembled in a class 100,000 clean room prior to the beginning of environmental testing, the last major phase of the spacecraft development and testing prior to shipment.

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[Thursday, January 5, 2012] This night time infrared image of the Los Angeles metropolitan area was photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 25 (though it was late Dec. 24 in California).

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[Friday, January 6, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-2 Ivanishin performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Friday, January 6, 2012] NASA/JSC has directed the implementation of Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 activities under its contract with Lockheed Martin Corporation.

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[Friday, January 6, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-2 Ivanishin performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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

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[Saturday, January 7, 2012] The solar arrays, shielded by protective covers during launch, deploy just minutes after Dragon separates from the Falcon 9 second stage, as it heads towards its rendezvous with the Space Station.

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

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[Monday, January 9, 2012] This busy night time panorama was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members from the International Space Station on Dec. 26, 2011. Comet Lovejoy streaks through the star-filled sky just to the right of center.

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[Monday, January 9, 2012] The appointment of LtCol Damphousse coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1987 merger of the National Space Institute (NSI) and the L5 Society to form the National Space Society.

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[Tuesday, January 10, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 8 of Increment 30 (six-person crew). Crew off duty.

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[Tuesday, January 10, 2012] Special Aerospace Services, a leader in aerospace systems engineering solutions, announced today that it will host a number of seasoned and sought-after spaceflight-focused speakers at its second Human Spaceflight Technical Forum on January 18-20, 2012.

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[Tuesday, January 10, 2012] NASA/MSFC is hereby seeking potential sources to provide an Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) for the early Space Launch System (SLS) missions. Recently, NASA announced the architecture of the SLS with a manifested first flight in late 2017.

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[Tuesday, January 10, 2012] One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station captured this image of the Hawaiian Island chain on Dec. 29, 2011.

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[Tuesday, January 10, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-4 Kononenko performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, January 11, 2012] This nearly vertical image of the San Diego area was captured by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 29, 2011.

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[Wednesday, January 11, 2012] The daily video update from the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, January 12, 2012] Emi Koussi Volcano and Aorounga Impact Crater, Chad are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, January 12, 2012] The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's Space Launch System, are being moved to NASA's Stennis Space Center.

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[Friday, January 13, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Friday, January 13, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Saturday, January 14, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew half duty day.

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[Sunday, January 15, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 9 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, January 16, 2012] United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today that Mike Leinbach has joined the company as the Director of Human Spaceflight Operations.

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[Monday, January 16, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. US Holiday - Martin Luther King Day. Underway: Week 9 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, January 16, 2012] In preparation for the upcoming launch, SpaceX continues to conduct extensive testing and analysis. We believe that there are a few areas that will benefit from additional work and will optimize the safety and success of this mission.

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[Tuesday, January 17, 2012] Music has accompanied humans into space since the earliest years of spaceflight. Music and space, it seems, have a deep association, with some pieces becoming permanently connected with space in popular culture.

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[Tuesday, January 17, 2012] While the concept may be based on Minority Report, the HD video that promotes the Cocoon is an amazing reconstruction of the last scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey, with Keir Dullea reprising the role he played over forty years ago.

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[Tuesday, January 17, 2012] This conference will focus on ISS research and development-research results and future opportunities in physical sciences, life sciences, Earth and space sciences, and spacecraft technology development.

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[Tuesday, January 17, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-2 Ivanishin performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, January 18, 2012] This is a panoramic view of Earth's atmospheric limb photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member aboard the International Space Station when it was over a point centered approximately at 41.5 degrees north latitude and 179.9 degrees west longitude.

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[Thursday, January 19, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Thursday, January 19, 2012] Sixty space experiment proposals have been selected as finalists in the YouTube Space Lab student science competition, co-sponsored by ESA. Judges must now select the two top entries to be flown on the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, January 19, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After wakeup, FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Friday, January 20, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, January 21, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty. Sleep Cycle Shift: Wake - 6:00am; Sleep - 4:30pm EST. Tomorrow: Return to nominal.

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[Monday, January 23, 2012] As the strongest Solar Radiation Storm (S3) since May, 2005 continues, the associated Earthward-directed Coronal Mass Ejection is expected to arrive about 1400 UT (9am EST) Jan 24.

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[Monday, January 23, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 9 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, January 23, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 9 of Increment 30 (six-person crew). Progress 45P Undocking day.

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[Monday, January 23, 2012] Students gathered at The University of Virginia College at Wise will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 9:20 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 26.

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[Tuesday, January 24, 2012] Individuals interested in becoming America's future space explorers have until Friday to submit their applications. The deadline to apply for NASA's next astronaut class is Jan. 27.

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[Tuesday, January 24, 2012] Today marks the start of the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, and this year, SpaceX's Dragon will become the first privately developed spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, January 24, 2012] Science and STEM studies can make all the difference in a person's life. Just ask Scott Parazynski, M.D. - a former NASA astronaut, doctor and adventurer.

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[Wednesday, January 25, 2012] NASA intends to begin a new initiative, the Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap), to facilitate industry's development of an integrated CTS. This activity is expected to result in significant maturation of commercial CTS.

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[Wednesday, January 25, 2012] School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, January 25, 2012] During the MagISStra mission, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli attempted to grow plants in space using a miniature greenhouse. Simultaneously, schoolchildren and the crew of Mars500 ran the same educational experiment to compare plant growth.

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[Wednesday, January 25, 2012] Progress M-13M/45P undocked last night successfully at 5:09pm EST from the DC1 Docking Compartment. Tonight at ~6:19pm the GFI-28 MIKROSPUTNIK Chibis-M will be deployed from the open GrO cargo compartment.

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[Wednesday, January 25, 2012] After wakeup, FE-2 Ivanishin performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Thursday, January 26, 2012] On this solemn day, we join the NASA family and all Americans in honoring the brave men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space exploration.

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[Thursday, January 26, 2012] This last week of January, as we do every year, the NASA family honors those who have lost their lives carrying out our missions and pays tribute to their lives and memories.

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[Thursday, January 26, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, January 28, 2012] Sleep Cycle Shift: In preparation for tonight's docking of Progress M-14/46P (#414) at ~7:09pm EST, the crew's sleep cycle was adjusted today, with a 4h 30m "nap" inserted to extend working hours until 1:30am tomorrow morning.

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[Sunday, January 29, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, January 30, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 10 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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[Tuesday, January 31, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 10 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).

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