[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] ISS crew sleep schedule: Back to normal, but crew was given an additional 1.5 hrs of sleep this morning: Wake - 3:30am; sleep - 5:30pm.

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] Space Shuttle Endeavour is just hours away from its last landing and a wrap-up to its 25th space flight.

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] One of the Expedition 28 crew members shooting Earth images onboard the space shuttle/International Space Station, a joint complex flying at an altitude of just under 220 miles, photographed this frame of the Salton Sea.

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew sailed home for the final time, ending a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a landing at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florid

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] Endeavour made its last landing early this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, concluding a successful mission to the International Space Station and a sterling 25-mission history.

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program.

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[Wednesday, June 1, 2011] The International Space Station's Tranquility node and Cupola are featured in this image photographed by a spacewalker during the STS-134 mission's third session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

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[Thursday, June 2, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, June 2, 2011] The Planetary Society welcomes home Endeavour and the microscopic passengers it carried in Shuttle LIFE, an experiment designed to test aspects of the transpermia hypothesis -- the ability of microbial life to survive an interplanetary voyage.

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[Thursday, June 2, 2011] We write to ask that NASA quickly open a competitive bidding process or the propulsion component of the new Space Launch System (SLS). A competitive process will allow NASA to procure better technology at lower initial and lifecycle costs.

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[Friday, June 3, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, June 3, 2011] NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 12 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future space exploration missions.

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[Friday, June 3, 2011] Backdropped against a scene showing part of Italy, this image featuring an aft section of Endeavour in the foreground was photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member aboard the International Space Station while the two spacecraft were docked.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] NASA seeks to increase public awareness of the ISS, its visibility, and mission by making ISS sighting information, including personalized notifications, readily available to the general public in an easily accessible and understandable way.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] To support upcoming robotic and human exploration needs NASA anticipates that it and others will need to implement a unified architecture for internetworked communication and navigation services that span the solar system.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] This notice is issued by NASA/JSC to post a draft statement of work (SOW) via the internet and solicit information from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes as well as to promote competition.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] Imaging experts funded by the Space Shuttle Program and located at NASA's Ames Research Center prepared this image using fusion software to combine six simultaneously captured images they took of the STS-134 launch on May 16, 2011.

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[Saturday, June 4, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - crew rest day.

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[Sunday, June 5, 2011] The docked space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this image photographed by an STS-134 crew member onboard the International Space Station during flight day six activities.

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[Sunday, June 5, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - crew rest day. Ahead: Week 12 of Increment 27/28.

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[Monday, June 6, 2011] U2 delivered a surprise to the crowds at Quest Field, Seattle last night with a video message from Commander Mark E. Kelly. Bono dedicated 'Beautiful Day' to Gabby Giffords.

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[Monday, June 6, 2011] For the first time since arriving on the Isle of Man, Excalibur Almaz Limited will showcase its two space stations and Reusable Return Vehicle (RRV) to the general public June 18.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 12 of Increment 27/28.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] A new way to fly experiments takes off tomorrow with the first campaign dedicated to research in 'partial' gravity. Scientists on Europe's 'Zero-G' Airbus will experiment with gravity conditions like those on the Moon and Mars.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] The second series of flights in ESA's 'Fly Your Thesis!' programme concluded recently. After many months of preparation, the 10-day campaign culminated with four student experiments making three parabolic flights aboard the Airbus A300 Zero-G aircraft.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] Passage of the International Space Station and Endeavour, taken on May 29th 2011 at 3:55UT from the area of Pau, France, after installation of the AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer).

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] Join Challenger Center for Space Science Education on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 1:00pm (Eastern Time) for a live interactive webcast with former NASA astronaut, Bob Crippen.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] Today at NASA KSC, launch pad technicians are loading oxidizer into space shuttle Atlantis' forward and aft reaction control systems. Both solid rocket booster hydraulic power units have been filled with hydrazine and the tanks have been pressurized.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] This image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking.

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[Tuesday, June 7, 2011] Soyuz TMA-02M/27S was launched on time at 4:12:45 pm EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and is on its way to orbit.

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[Wednesday, June 8, 2011] NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has scheduled briefings, interview opportunities and demonstrations to highlight the final space shuttle mission, targeted to launch on July 8.

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[Wednesday, June 8, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 12 of Increment 27/28.

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[Wednesday, June 8, 2011] NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa launched to the International Space Station at 3:12 p.m. CDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. local time, Wednesday) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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[Wednesday, June 8, 2011] Early this morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams at Launch Pad 39A began loading propellant into space shuttle Atlantis' auxiliary power unit. The fuel loading will continue through the day.

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[Wednesday, June 8, 2011] After the Soyuz TMA-20 carrying Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli undocked from the International Space Station on May 23, Nespoli captured this video of shuttle Endeavour.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] Work on the heat shield and thermal protection backshell of the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test article, or GTA, was completed in preparation for environmental testing.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] Launch pad technicians at KSC are set to begin closing out space shuttle Atlantis' aft section and replacing the desiccant in the window cavity conditioning system. Teams also begin preparations for next week's tanking test.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] Three NASA astronauts who will fly aboard the last space shuttle mission in July are available for live satellite interviews next week.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Soyuz 27S Docking Day.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] NASA will share the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station through a series of events in three Ohio cities during the month of June.

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[Thursday, June 9, 2011] Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C., has announced a space-based, experimental app, dubbed SpaceLab for iOS, which will be used for space research aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Friday, June 10, 2011] The Expedition 28 crew has expanded to six members with the arrival of Flight Engineers Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa. The new trio docked to the ISS in the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft Thursday at 5:18 p.m. EDT.

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[Friday, June 10, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Crew off-duty day (rest period: from 3:00am this morning to 2:00am tomorrow).

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[Friday, June 10, 2011] It's the International Space Station's biggest increase in altitude to date, and, thanks to ESA's ATV Johannes Kepler, it will significantly improve the 417-tonne Station's orbital mileage through the next decade of scientific research.

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[Friday, June 10, 2011] The goal of the forum is to promote opportunities for research and technology development and feature accomplishments and opportunities for future research aboard the space station among commercial, academic, government and other institutions.

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[Sunday, June 12, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off-duty day (sleep cycle is back to normal: 2:00am - 5:30pm EDT).

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[Sunday, June 12, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off-duty. ATV2 reboosts. Ahead: Week 13 of Increment 27/28.

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[Monday, June 13, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Crew off duty. Underway: Week 13 of Increment 27/28.

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[Wednesday, June 15, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, June 15, 2011] The Space Shuttle Era will soon come to a bittersweet close with the final scheduled flight by shuttle Atlantis, dubbed the STS-135 mission. Atlantis is slated to blastoff on July 8 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at about 11:38 a.m EDT.

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[Wednesday, June 15, 2011] NASA is inviting the public to view a test version of the agency's next spacecraft that will carry humans into deep space.

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[Wednesday, June 15, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, June 16, 2011] Government is almost exclusively the buyer of civil space infrastructure, with the notable exception of telecommunications satellites, which are very good example of a successfully sustained space economy in geostationary Earth orbit.

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[Thursday, June 16, 2011] The STS-135 payload canister's move to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is expected to begin at 9 p.m. EDT tonight with the canister's lift up the pad structure is set for early Friday morning.

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[Thursday, June 16, 2011] The STS-135 payload canister's move to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is expected to begin at 9 p.m. EDT tonight with the canister's lift up the pad structure is set for early Friday morning.

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[Friday, June 17, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below

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[Friday, June 17, 2011] NASA Television will provide live coverage during a busy International Space Station traffic pattern, when one cargo spacecraft departs and another arrives.

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[Friday, June 17, 2011] The transport canister containing the payload for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission arrived at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 11:25 p.m. EDT last night.

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[Saturday, June 18, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, June 18, 2011] With space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission payload now secured inside the pad's rotating service structure, the RSS was closed Saturday morning, and Atlantis' payload bay doors are scheduled to be opened Saturday night.

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[Saturday, June 18, 2011] NASA is seeking U.S. formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, contact between the dates of Jan. 15 and July 15, 2012.

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[Saturday, June 18, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday C Crew off-duty day. [Note AMS-2 Report, below!]

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[Monday, June 20, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off-duty (almost). ATV2 closeout. Ahead: Week 14 of Increment 27/28.

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[Monday, June 20, 2011] Europe's Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocked from the International Space Station today at 14:46:30 GMT (16:46:30 CEST).

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[Monday, June 20, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 14 of Increment 27/28.

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[Tuesday, June 21, 2011] At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, the four Atlantis astronauts set to fly the STS-135 mission begin their launch countdown rehearsal and related training.

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[Wednesday, June 22, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, June 22, 2011] NASA managers will hold a news conference on Tuesday, June 28, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the final space shuttle launch.

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[Wednesday, June 22, 2011] NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly has announced his plans to retire from the agency on Oct. 1. He is a veteran of four space shuttle missions.

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[Wednesday, June 22, 2011] At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the four Atlantis astronauts are training at Launch Pad 39A this morning as they practice emergency escape procedures and inspect the payloads inside Atlantis' cargo bay.

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[Wednesday, June 22, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, June 23, 2011] The crew members will wrap up their on-site training today at Kennedy before departing from the Shuttle Landing Facility for the flight back to their home base at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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[Thursday, June 23, 2011] Fire acts differently in space than on Earth. Sandra Olson, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center, demonstrates just how differently in her art. This artwork is comprised of multiple overlays of three separate microgravity flame images.

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[Thursday, June 23, 2011] Estuaries on the northwestern coast of Madagascar are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, June 23, 2011] "For the first time in history, we have a long

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[Thursday, June 23, 2011] Work at the launch pad continues as technicians are scanning the bottom portions of the stringers on Atlantis' external fuel tank, and no issues have been found.

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[Friday, June 24, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, June 24, 2011] NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host a media event to highlight its role in the final space shuttle flight, currently targeted for launch on July 8.

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[Friday, June 24, 2011] The remoteness and resource limitations of spaceflight pose a serious challenge to astronaut health care. One solution is ultrasound.

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[Friday, June 24, 2011] UrtheCast is building, launching, and operating the world's first and only high definition streaming video cameras being installed on the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Friday, June 24, 2011] The STS-135 astronauts are back at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston following the completion of their countdown dress rehearsal and training activities at Kennedy this week.

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[Saturday, June 25, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, June 27, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off-duty. Ahead: Week 15 of Increment 27/28.

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[Monday, June 27, 2011] Are you a science centre, a science museum, a planetarium or a science festival, engaging the public on science and space? Then ESA is offering you a rare opportunity to call Europe's next astronaut, Andre Kuipers, on the International Space Station.

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[Monday, June 27, 2011] Today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A will begin the week-long process of closing space shuttle Atlantis' aft section in preparation for its liftoff on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station.

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[Monday, June 27, 2011] The sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean silhouetting space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the image taken on June 23, 2011.

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[Tuesday, June 28, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 15 of Increment 27/28.

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[Tuesday, June 28, 2011] So you think you can pilot the space shuttle? NASA will give 30 of its Twitter followers a chance to test their skills at space shuttle ascent, rendezvous or landing aboard the same simulator astronauts use to train for their missions.

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[Tuesday, June 28, 2011] Space shuttle Atlantis' Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] Conjunction Alert: Last night at ~6:00pm EDT, NASA Houston FTC received notification of an upcoming "red threshold" conjunction of the ISS with a piece of orbital debris (Object 82618, UNKNOWN), with a TCA this morning at 8:08am EDT

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] The final flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for July 8, 2011, at 11:26 a.m. EDT. This will be the last mission of the Space Shuttle program.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the final space shuttle launch.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] The proposed centrifuge system, based on a standard experiment container system, was developed by Astrium for ESA more than 25 years ago and has been used for more than 120 experiments for various topics.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum participated in spacewalk training in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] The Grand Finale of NASA's three decade long Space Shuttle program is less than two weeks away. Recently NASA allowed reporters unprecedented access to photograph the Space Shuttle Atlantis while it waits on the pad. Here is part one.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] The final launch of the space shuttle program is scheduled for 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, and NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to be there.

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] SCIENCE Celebrates the Historic Finale of the NASA Shuttle Program With the World Premiere Event LAST SHUTTLE: OUR JOURNEY

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[Wednesday, June 29, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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