[Saturday, March 3, 2007] Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 14 crew members continued their work this week with scientific experiments, station maintenance and additional clean up following the Feb. 22 Russian spacewalk.

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[Saturday, March 3, 2007] Bone loss during the course of a long transit to Mars and back could result in an increased risk of a bone fracture during activities on the Martian surface, or in the long term, back on Earth during the course of aging years after mission completion.

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[Saturday, March 3, 2007] Preparations are underway at Launch Pad 39A to roll back the STS-117 Shuttle stack to the Vehicle Assembly building. Roll back is currently targeted for Sunday morning.

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[Wednesday, March 7, 2007] NASA has established a requirements baseline for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, bringing America's next human spacecraft a step closer to construction.

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[Wednesday, March 7, 2007] U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak's detail as a NASA astronaut has been terminated, effective March 8, by mutual agreement between NASA and the U.S. Navy.

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[Thursday, March 8, 2007] NASA's newest module for the International Space Station is about to be given a new name. NASA's Kennedy Space Center hosts a media event on Thursday, March 15, at noon EDT to unveil the Node 2 module's new name.

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[Friday, March 9, 2007] On Sunday, Atlantis rolled from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where employees spent the week positioning platforms around the shuttle to allow for inspections and repairs to hail-damaged areas.

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[Friday, March 9, 2007] Science and setup for assembly highlighted the week on board the ISS, where the Expedition 14 crew members performed experiments related to human adaptation to space and made preparations for upcoming additions to the orbiting outpost

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[Friday, March 9, 2007] Section 321 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005, also known as the George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act, directs the NASA Administrator to transmit an initial report to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment.

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[Monday, March 12, 2007] On Sunday, Atlantis rolled from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where employees spent the week positioning platforms around the shuttle to allow for inspections and repairs to hail-damaged areas.

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[Tuesday, March 13, 2007] "I cannot sugarcoat the issue. The effect of the FY 2007 appropriation is to impose a six-month delay in our ability to bring online NASA's new human spaceflight systems, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle and Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle."

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[Tuesday, March 13, 2007] A major component of the International Space Station is set to begin preparations for launch. The Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section for the Japanese Experiment Module arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Monday, March 12.

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[Wednesday, March 14, 2007] The Dragon spacecraft is a pressurized capsule used for Earth to LEO transport of pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo, and/or crew members. Dragon will be utilized to fulfill our NASA COTS contract for demonstration of cargo re-supply of the ISS.

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[Thursday, March 15, 2007] Ever since it was designed for the International Space Station, it has been known as the Node 2 module. Now thanks to students from across the United States, Node 2 also will be known as "Harmony."

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[Friday, March 16, 2007] NASA now is offering an opportunity to grade school students. NASA, AOL's Kids Service KOL and Mad Science are teaming up for the NASA Space Pennant Design Challenge.

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[Friday, March 16, 2007] McGill engineering student Mustapha Kerouch and CSA astronaut Dave Williams shared the spotlight at a news conference March 2 as they proudly unveiled Mr. Kerouch's winning submission to the Mission STS-118 Space Patch Design Contest.

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[Friday, March 16, 2007] Senator Mikulski called for a bipartisan, bicameral space summit with the White House. She cited a similar meeting 17 years ago, with then President Bush and Vice President Quayle, which paved the way for the creation of the Mission to Planet Earth.

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[Sunday, March 18, 2007] At present, it appears that we are on track for a launch next week, possibly as soon as Monday [19 March]. We had a very successful static fire yesterday that proceeded smoothly with no aborts.

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[Monday, March 19, 2007] NASA will host a media teleconference no earlier than 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 21 to discuss the status of space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission, STS-117.

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[Wednesday, March 21, 2007] Later this year ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will serve as Mission Specialist on the STS-120 mission to the International Space Station. Together with the rest of the Shuttle crew, Nespoli is training intensively ahead of this complex ISS assembly mission.

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[Thursday, March 22, 2007] We are pleased to announce that JAXA and NASA agreed the Japanese astronaut to fly aboard the second Space Shuttle flight for the transportation and assembly of the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo (STS-124/1J).

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[Thursday, March 22, 2007] NASA has assigned the crew for shuttle mission STS-124, targeted for launch in February 2008. The flight will deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as "Kibo" (hope), to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, March 23, 2007] JSC has a requirement for the development of educational content and administration of the STS-118 Informal Educators and Trainers Workshop to be held in Houston June 4-5, 2007, for 30 NASA Museum Alliance Member Education Specialists.

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[Friday, March 23, 2007] Jules Verne, the first of five Automated Transfer Vehicles, stands on the brink of flight. Its hardware is 100 percent assembled and ready to fly. The inaugural mission, set for the second half of 2007, will follow an extensive three-year test campaign.

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[Friday, March 23, 2007] Michael Lopez-Alegria and Suni Williams spent time working with experiments that may hold the key to several aspects of long-duration space flight as NASA looks forward to missions back to the moon and on to Mars or other destinations.

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[Friday, March 23, 2007] In high bay No. 1 of the VAB, work is under way to repair hail damage to the STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124. Special scaffolding and access platforms have been erected to allow access to the tank and orbiter for inspections and repairs.

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[Tuesday, March 27, 2007] Space Adventures, Ltd., announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., has agreed to conduct a series of tests on behalf of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) during his 10-day stay onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Wednesday, March 28, 2007] Boeing will lead a team of suppliers in pursuit of a contract for production of the upper stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle, NASA's first new human-rated launch vehicle since the space shuttle.

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[Wednesday, March 28, 2007] This document contains an integrated snapshot of Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Progress, ATV, HTV, COTS, Ares 1, and Orion flights between 2007 and 2015 and key milestones for the development of Orion and Ares 1 systems and ISS completion/staffing.

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[Thursday, March 29, 2007] Rocketplane Kistler, Inc. announced today that a Space Act Agreement has been established with the NASA MSFC to use NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA for the assembly of the K-1 Space Transportation System.

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[Thursday, March 29, 2007] The Expedition 14 crew continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another.

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[Thursday, March 29, 2007] NASA astronaut Suni Williams will go faster than anyone has ever gone in the Boston Marathon. She will run the famed race in April as an official entrant from 210 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station.

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[Saturday, March 31, 2007] NASA is releasing this announcement to solicit in-kind proposals for web video streaming infrastructure and bandwidth services from non-NASA entities to support increased public access to NASA missions at no cost to NASA.

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[Saturday, March 31, 2007] In high bay No. 1 of the VAB, work is under way to assess and repair hail damage to the STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124. Special scaffolding and access platforms have been erected to allow access to the tank and orbiter for inspections and repairs.

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