[Wednesday, October 1, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, October 1, 2008] NASA has awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. to continue engineering support of the International Space Station to Sept. 30, 2010.

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[Wednesday, October 1, 2008] NASA Television will broadcast the launch of the next International Space Station crew Oct. 12 and the landing of the current crew Oct. 23.

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[Wednesday, October 1, 2008] NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle Discovery's STS-129 mission. The flight will deliver two experiment racks to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, October 2, 2008] NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted to launch Nov. 16.

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[Thursday, October 2, 2008] Space Adventures, Ltd., announced today that their orbital spaceflight client, Richard Garriott, will participate in a suite of experiments in cooperation with NASA during his 10-day mission.

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[Friday, October 3, 2008] Challenger Center for Space Science Education is partnering with the new release of TERC's Windows on Earth website that allows students, teachers and the general public to experience in simulated real time the view from the ISS.

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[Friday, October 3, 2008] Kononenko & Volkov had another 4:20h scheduled between them for stowage activities on Progress M-65/30P, going by an uplinked list of items to be discarded and their stowage locations.

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[Friday, October 3, 2008] FE-2 Chamitoff started out in the JAXA Kibo JPM (JEM Pressurized Module) by preparing the AVCO (Air Ventilation Closeout) for the subsequent MELFI rack transfer.

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[Saturday, October 4, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - off duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff.

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[Sunday, October 5, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - off-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Ahead: Week 25 of Increment 17.

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[Monday, October 6, 2008] NASA's Langley Research Center has completed construction of the Orion crew module flight test article pathfinder that will be used for the first full-scale flight test of Orion's launch abort system, Pad Abort-1.

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[Monday, October 6, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 25 of Increment 17.

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[Tuesday, October 7, 2008] Richard Garriott plans to talk with students through a NASA sponsored live video teleconference, broadcast via the Internet on October 20th at 1:00pm ET during his flight to the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, October 7, 2008] This report examines a number of exploration campaigns that have taken place during the last 700 years, and considers them from a risk perspective.

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[Tuesday, October 7, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, October 8, 2008] NASA is releasing an updated version of the Work Force Transition Strategy Report, which was delivered to Congress on Wednesday. The report details the agency's plan to minimize job losses while transitioning from the Shuttle to Constellation.

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[Wednesday, October 8, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, October 8, 2008] I had great hopes for this paper. After I read it, I felt disappointment. I slept on it. I read it again this morning. I am still disappointed. The Strathclyde study said that Columbus's voyages were a tactical failure and a strategic success. Really?

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[Thursday, October 9, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 10, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, October 11, 2008] Photo In the assembly/test building primary (Yury Lonchakov (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia), Michael Fincke (NASA, USA), Richard Garriott (USA)).

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[Saturday, October 11, 2008] Rollout of the Soyuz spacecraft from the assembly-test facility to the launch site has been completed. Launch is planned for October 12, 2008 at 11:01 Moscow time.

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[Saturday, October 11, 2008] Overnight on 10/9-10, the Russian BITS2-12 onboard telemetry measurement system failed, resulting in a shutdown of RS (Russian Segment) SOZh/ECLSS equipment.

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[Sunday, October 12, 2008] Space Adventures, Ltd., announced that its orbital client Richard Garriott and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Sunday, October 12, 2008] Soyuz TMA-13 (17S) launched flawlessly this morning on time at 3:01:38am EDT carrying ISS-18 CDR Michael Fincke (first American to launch twice on a Soyuz), Soyuz CDR/ISS-18 FE-1 Yuri Lonchakov, and SFP/VC15 Richard Garriott.

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[Monday, October 13, 2008] NASA will hold a series of news briefings on Monday, Nov. 3, to preview the upcoming space shuttle Endeavour mission that will outfit the International Space Station for six-person crews.

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[Monday, October 13, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Columbus Day - off-duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko, FE-2 Chamitoff.

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[Tuesday, October 14, 2008] Space Adventures, Ltd., announced today that its orbital client Richard Garriott and his crew successfully arrived at the ISS after launching onboard the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 12.

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[Tuesday, October 14, 2008] Richard Garriott, the next civilian to fly into space and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriott, plans to talk to students through live amateur radio downlinks during his October flight to the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, October 14, 2008] Soyuz TMA-13/17S docked smoothly at the FGB nadir port at 4:26am EDT, seven minutes ahead of time, with Expedition 18 crewmembers CDR-18 Michael Fincke, Soyuz CDR/FE-1-18 Yuri Lonchakov, and SFP Richard Garriott.

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[Tuesday, October 14, 2008] Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to await launch on its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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[Tuesday, October 14, 2008] The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 12:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, Oct. 20. Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask questions.

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[Wednesday, October 15, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 16, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 17, 2008] NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to 7 a.m. EDT.

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[Friday, October 17, 2008] Richard Garriott, private space explorer and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Dr. Owen Garriott, plans to talk with students through a NASA sponsored live video teleconference, broadcast via the Internet scheduled for Monday, October 20th.

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[Saturday, October 18, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 5 of joint E17/18 operations.

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[Sunday, October 19, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, October 20, 2008] Richard Garriott plans to talk with students through a NASA sponsored live video teleconference, broadcast via the Internet scheduled for Today, Monday, October 20th at 12:30pm ET during his flight to the International Space Station.

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[Monday, October 20, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 7 of joint E17/18 operations.

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[Tuesday, October 21, 2008] Space Adventures' sixth orbital client and famed Ultima and Tabula Rasa video game developer Richard Garriott is currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth, conducting research and experiments.

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[Tuesday, October 21, 2008] This is a great symposium, named in honor of one of the most charismatic leaders NASA has had, Wernher von Braun, who accomplished great things here in Huntsville but became intensely frustrated with his later Headquarters assignment. I know how he felt.

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[Wednesday, October 22, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 8 of joint E17/18 operations.

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[Wednesday, October 22, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 9 of joint E17/18 operations (last full day for Volkov, Kononenko, Garriott).

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] Astronauts traveling to and living on the moon will run the risk of exposure to dangerous bursts of solar radiation, known as solar particle events.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] NASA/JSC is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Program Integration & Control (PI&C) support for the continued research, development, and operation of the International Space Station (ISS) Program Office.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to move from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A as early as 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, as preparations for the STS-126 mission move forward. Endeavour is targeted to lift off Nov. 14 to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] PlanetSpace announced today it has added the Space Exploration division of The Boeing Company to its existing teammates on the proposed solution to NASA for the Commercial Resupply Services to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 10 of joint E17/18 operations. Last day in space for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko, SFP Garriott.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] With the Expedition 18 crew officially in command of the International Space Station, the Expedition 17 crew has finished making its final departure preparations and is ready to return to Earth.

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[Thursday, October 23, 2008] Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko of the 17th International Space Station crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:37 p.m. EDT Thursday after more than six months days in space.

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[Saturday, October 25, 2008] Scientists are developing an interactive, multi-media program that will assist astronauts in recognizing and effectively managing depression and other psychosocial problems during long-duration spaceflights.

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[Monday, October 27, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Full rest day for the Inc-18 crew of CDR Michael Fincke, FE-1 Yuri Lonchakov and FE-2 Gregory Chamitoff.

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[Monday, October 27, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - light-duty day for CDR Fincke, FE-1 Lonchakov & FE-2 Chamitoff.

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[Monday, October 27, 2008] Sunday - rest day for CDR Fincke, FE-1 Lonchakov, FE-2 Chamitoff. Ahead: Week 1 of Increment 18,-- and Spanky & crew are off to a fine start.

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[Monday, October 27, 2008] ll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 1 of Increment 18.

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[Monday, October 27, 2008] NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 30, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.

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[Tuesday, October 28, 2008] NASA will host a media teleconference Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about recent developments and ongoing progress in NASA's Constellation Program.

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[Tuesday, October 28, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 30, 2008] The time of Thursday's media teleconference to discuss the status of the shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has changed to 5:30 p.m. EDT.

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[Thursday, October 30, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 30, 2008] NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-126 mission.

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[Thursday, October 30, 2008] The latest addition to the ISS life support system, the Water Recovery System, is targeted to launch Nov. 14 on the next space shuttle mission. This new water reclamation system will recycle wastewater from urine and crew perspiration.

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[Thursday, October 30, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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